Arsenal fans furious as Kai Havertz snubbed from taking penalty before ‘horrible’ spot kick

ARSENAL fans fumed arsenic Kai Havertz was denied taking a punishment - earlier Leandro Trossard's miss.

The Gunners were starring Shakhtar Donetsk aft Gabriel Martinelli's onslaught connected the fractional hr people forced an ain extremity from keeper Dmytro Riznyk.

But Arsenal had the accidental to wrapper the crippled up with 15 minutes to spell aft Valeriy Bondar handled successful the box.

Following a VAR check, referee Benoit Bastien pointed to the spot.

Bukayo Saka is Arsenal's main punishment taker but the England winger was ruled retired with a hamstring injury.

Havertz has taken a punishment for the Gunners earlier and has missed lone erstwhile from 12 yards successful his career.

But inactive it was Trossard who was fixed work - for the archetypal clip successful an Arsenal shirt.

And his effort was saved by the legs of Riznyk to marque up for his earlier mistake.

It near Gooners fuming arsenic 1 said: "Havertz has scored 20 of the 21 penalties he's taken successful his career. Why was Trossard taking it?"

Another added: "You get a punishment and springiness it to Trossard yet your champion punishment taker (Havertz) is connected pitch.

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"We tin truly instrumentality risks and that’s not acceptable."

One raged: "Havertz is mode excessively bully too. Should person snatched the shot consecutive distant from Trossard."

Another fumed: "Why didn't Havertz instrumentality the pen? Of the 11 connected the field, helium is the logical punishment taker for Arsenal. Horrible punishment from Trossard."

Fortunately for Trossard, Arsenal held onto their 1-0 pb to triumph the crippled but Arteta said it was not his determination for the Belgian to instrumentality the penalty.

He said: "I dunno the speech arsenic helium [Havertz] is 1 of the takers, Leo decided to instrumentality it, good helium missed it unfortunately."