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The Aina handball incident happened with about 10 minutes of the match remaining. <\/p>\n
The Forest right-back attempted to control a bouncing ball in his own penalty area while being challenged by Gabriel Jesus and bumped by his own team-mate Elliot Anderson. <\/p>\n
The ball hit Aina’s shoulder before striking his arm as the defender tried to turn, prompting Arteta and Arsenal to vehemently appeal for a spot-kick – to no avail.<\/p>\n
The Premier League Match Centre on X said: “The referee’s call of no penalty to Arsenal was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed that the ball was played off Aina’s shoulder first, while his arm was also in a natural position.”<\/p>\n
While Arteta was adamant his side had been denied a “clear penalty”, Forest boss Sean Dyche, unsurprisingly, did not agree.<\/p>\n
“I think if these start to get given we’ve all got to leave it. I think that’s ridiculous. We’ve got to be careful with those,” Dyche said. <\/p>\n
“You may as well cancel football if you’re going to give that [as handball]. The rules have to be careful. You know what they should be looking at? People feigning injury. That’s the new diving.”<\/p>\n
Retired Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann told BBC Sport he thought the officials had come to the correct decision, saying: “The arm is close to the body and is in a justifiable position.”<\/p>\n
The decision split the watching pundits, with ex-Chelsea winger Pat Nevin telling BBC Radio 5 Live he thought Aina’s arm “moved towards the ball”, but former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard insisting it would have been “soft” to award a spot-kick for the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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