Premier League panel admit Arsenal and Liverpool mistakes as refs get it wrong

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This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More Info.The Key Match Incident Panel is an independent body comprising five members: three former players or coaches, one Premier League representative, and one from ProRef.They provide an impartial assessment of key decisions across every Premier League fixture.The KMI Panel said: "The panel felt that a penalty should have been awarded on-field for Maatsen's reckless challenge on Guimaraes.

Clear contact was made on the attacker's standing leg and Maatsen made no contact with the ball."They also maintain that the failure to award the penalty constituted a clear and obvious error.The Premier League stated: "They (KMI Panel) also felt that VAR should have intervened as the non-penalty awarded was a clear and obvious error. The panel felt that the challenge was reckless and therefore a second caution should have been awarded."The KMI Panel also ruled that Nottingham Forest shouldn't have been awarded a penalty against Liverpool for Alisson's challenge on Neco Williams.Liverpool wrongly conceded a penalty against Nottingham Forest (Image: Getty)However, the panel added that the incident didn't meet the threshold for a VAR intervention, meaning Michael Oliver was right not to send referee Samuel Barrott to the monitor.The panel said: "The contact from Alisson was inevitable as a consequence of his momentum in attempting to save the ball."The contact made was not reckless and below the threshold for a penalty.