Arsenal wrongly denied penalty at Villa and Maatsen escaped red - panel

Arsenal should have been awarded a penalty at Aston Villa for Ian Maatsen's challenge on Bruno Guimaraes, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled.

The KMI Panel added that the Villa defender should also have received a second yellow card for the foul, and been sent off.

The Gunners were leading 1-0 eight minutes into stoppage time when Guimaraes broke into the box and Maatsen made a desperate attempt to stop the Brazil international getting his shot away.

The KMI Panel voted 5:0 that it was an on-field error by referee Jarred Gillett, and a missed intervention by video assistant referee James Bell.

"Clear contact was made on the attacker's standing leg and Maatsen made no contact with the ball," the KMI Panel said.

It added that "the challenge was reckless and therefore a second caution should have been awarded".

It is the first refereeing error logged for Arsenal since the VAR failed to intervene to overturn Myles Lewis-Skelly's red card against Wolves in January 2025.