HOWARD WEBB SHARES HOW ARSENAL HANDBALL GOAL ‘WOULD HAVE STOOD’ V ASTON VILLA

If Eddie Nketiah had scored instead of Kai Havertz in Saturday’s match against Aston Villa, Arsenal would have tied the score.

 

In an interview with the official Premier League website, Howard Webb, the chief

operating officer of PGMOL, stated as much.

On Saturday night, Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, with John McGinn scoring the game’s lone goal.

 

The Gunners kept trying to find a leveller, even having a goal

controversially disqualified, but they were unable.

 

Late in the game, Kai Havertz had the ball in the net, but the goal was

disallowed for a handball, which devastated Arsenal.

Howard Webb comments on Kai Havertz disallowed goal in Arsenal defeat

The ball also seemed to hit Aston Villa defender Matty Cash’s hand in the process, which devastated Arsenal supporters.

 

Although Havertz’s handling of the ball was an absolute accident, Howard Webb, the chief operating officer of PGMOL, has provided some explanation.

 

According to Webb, there are differences in the regulations for attackers and defenders on the official Premier League website.

 

Webb emphasized that Cash would need to have grown “unnaturally bigger” in order for handball to be given there and for him to be punished for it.

The former Premier League referee continued by saying that if Eddie Nketiah had scored, Arsenal’s goal would have been legitimate.

 

When the ball dropped, Nketiah and Havertz were right there, but the German was the one who put it in the net.

 

The goal was disallowed because Havertz scored straight from the ball striking his hand, but if Nketiah had scored, Arsenal would have equalized.

It’s interesting to note that the goal would have stood if Nketiah had scored it because the rule only applies to the person who scores the goal, in this case Havertz, who made contact with the arm.

It missed Nketiah’s arm; if he pokes it in, it’s a goal because all of the previous

incidents were unintentional, according to Webb.

 

That was something that was overlooked at the time, and it’s possible that players

weren’t fully aware of the nuances of the handball regulations.

 

Arsenal and probably other players will be interested in Webb’s remarks because they could influence future objectives.

 

It would have been challenging for him to have moved aside for the Havertz goal

in a split second Nketiah is going to score.

Even so, players might attempt to exploit that rule going forward because

unintentional handballs in offensive situations still have the potential to result in goals.

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