Bournemouth awarded disputed penalty after VAR intervention in match against Brighton & Hove Albion
Bournemouth was awarded a disputed penalty in the match against Brighton & Hove Albion following an intervention from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), leading Brighton to express frustration over the decision.
The match referee, Paul Tierney, had initially ruled in favor of Bournemouth player Adingra after he went down under a challenge from Brighton goalkeeper Verbruggen around the 30th minute.
However, based on advice from the VAR, Jarred Gillett, the referee reviewed his opinion after watching the incident on the pitchside monitor. He overturned the decision and awarded a penalty to Bournemouth, declaring that contact had indeed been made.
Bournemouth player Tavernier was able to score from the spot, opening the scoring for the visitors, which seemed destined to secure a win for Bournemouth until a late intervention by Eirik Kostoulas.
Replay footage showed that minimal contact with the ball was made by Verbruggen’s high leg, but with the ball heading out of play, the decision sparked resentment among Brighton’s fans, management, and coaching staff.
Following a weekend where Arsenal was angered by a denied penalty and Manchester City was furious over Diogo Dalot not being sent off in the Manchester derby loss, this decision drew increased attention on Monday.
Former Arsenal player Thierry Henry told Sky Sports: “It’s a penalty. You raise your leg, and while you are framing the player, the ball is still in play. Regardless of whether he can get to it or not, it is still in play.”
Henry added: “In the modern era, as we all know, you look at the situation in slow motion. It was given. Instead of criticizing this now, whether it was a penalty or not, it was reviewed and we can clearly see the contact.”
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher stated: “This type of penalty would not have been given 10 years ago. The ball is still in play, and you can see the contact. Adingra was not going to get to the ball.”
VAR errors have increased in the first half of the Premier League season.
Data collected by BBC Radio Sport and taken from the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel shows that errors increased by 30% season-over-season, from 10 to 13 before the weekend.
This remains a notable improvement over previous years, with 20 errors at this stage of the 2023-24 season and 23 in the 2022-23 season.
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