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Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta had his goal from the penalty spot disallowed by the video assistant referee (VAR) for an accidental ‘double-touch’ during the first half of their Premier League game against Manchester United on Sunday.<\/b><\/p>\n
But unlike in previous seasons, Mateta was given the chance to retake the penalty – which he scored past United goalkeeper Senne Lammens to put the hosts 1-0 ahead at Selhurst Park. <\/p>\n
That is because a rule change for the 2025-26 Premier League season allows accidental ‘double-touch’ penalties to be retaken – but only if the kick was successful.<\/p>\n
Where such kicks are unsuccessful, an indirect free-kick will be given to the defending team if they occur in a match, or be recorded as a miss if it happens during a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n
“After review, Crystal Palace 14 [Mateta] touches the ball accidentally twice as the ball goes into the net,” referee Robert Jones announced to the stadium. <\/p>\n
“The final decision is a retaken penalty.”<\/p>\n
Mateta’s 36th-minute opener was the first time in Premier League history that a player was allowed to retake a penalty under the new regulation. <\/p>\n
The International Football Association Board (Ifab), which sets the sport’s laws, updated the ruling on 1 July.<\/p>\n
The clarification was made following the controversy caused by Julian Alvarez’s penalty being disallowed for accidentally kicking the ball twice in a Champions League game for Atletico Madrid against Real Madrid in March.<\/p>\n
European football’s governing body Uefa had asked for the laws concerning these rare instances to be reviewed after Atletico enquired about the validity of the decision to disallow Alvarez’s penalty.<\/p>\n
Following the change, England’s Beth Mead also had to re-take her penalty after kicking the ball twice in the Euro 2025 final penalty shootout. Her re-taken penalty was subsequently saved.<\/p>\n
Thank you to Gordon in Ffaldybrenin for the question.<\/i><\/p>\n
This article is the latest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything<\/i> team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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