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Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has agreed with video assistant referee’s (VAR) decision not to award Arsenal a penalty in their Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie with Real Madrid.
The Gunners welcomed the European champions to the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night looking to take a lead to the Santiago Bernabeu next week
Mikel Arteta’s men started the game the brighter of the two teams and got Gabriel Martinelli behind Madrid’s defence on a number of occasions. They came closest inside the first 15 minutes when a corner was blocked off the line, accidentally, by William Saliba
In the 15th minute, referee Irfan Pelijo stopped play due to a check for a possible penalty for Arsenal. It came after a cross from Martinelli was met by Declan Rice from close-range, but the effort was blocked by Raul Asencio.
Replays showed that Rice’s left-footed volley struck the 22-year-old’s left arm close to Thibaut Courtois’ goal. VAR official, Bastian Dankert, reviewed the footage for a couple of minutes before allowing play to continue.
Clattenburg, who joined Amazon Prime Video’s live broadcast of the game, was on hand to explain why the VAR had taken so long to come to a decision with UEFA’s regulations different to the Premier League.
“I’d be amazed if that’s given,” he said. “The distance is very, very short. He isn’t putting his arm out to make himself bigger.
“What we have to remember is UEFA has a different criteria to the Premier League with handball. They are more strict on their punishment on the handball.
“Given that the hand is out-stretched, UEFA would try and give a penalty. But I don’t agree that this is a penalty kick.”
