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We’ve had two nights of handball controversy, first involving Bayern Munich and now Arsenal.<\/p>\n
In both cases, the ball took a deflection off the body before hitting the arm, and fans have been conditioned into thinking this means there cannot be a penalty.<\/p>\n
What referees actually look for is a clear change of trajectory. Why is that? Because it means the arm position would not create a barrier to the natural direction of the ball.<\/p>\n
If the ball stays on roughly its intended path, then the ball touching the arm takes precedent.<\/p>\n
The penalty given against Alphonso Davies on Tuesday would not have been awarded in the Premier League as the arm was too close to the body.<\/p>\n
For Uefa, the fact that the arm moves out from the body before the ball hits it would trump the small deflection.<\/p>\n
But Ben White’s handball against Atletico was a very clear penalty under Uefa’s definition. The arm was a long way out from the body and came in to make contact with the ball.<\/p>\n
There is some discretion if the arm is being brought in to make the body smaller, but in White’s case it started from so far out, a penalty would be expected.<\/p>\n
The Premier League is more relaxed than Europe even when it comes to deflections before a handball. That said, Arsenal defender Gabriel should have really conceded a penalty at Newcastle earlier this season as his arm, when sliding, was raised very high and the deflection off the body was negligible.<\/p>\n
Would the ball deflecting off White’s shin have caused VAR to stay out of this in the Premier League? Possibly, but the movement of the arm was very clear.<\/p>\n
A definite spot-kick in Europe, borderline for the Premier League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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