BREAKING: Premier League issue statement on Kai Havertz as Arsenal goal ruled out vs Aston Villa

A changeable from Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino deflected disconnected Kai Havertz and past Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez, concisely making it 3-2 to the Gunners earlier the precocious extremity was ruled out

The Premier League person issued a connection explaining wherefore Kai Havertz's imaginable precocious victor for Arsenal against Aston Villa was ruled out.

Havertz's thought that he'd made it 3-2 to the Gunners successful the dying embers, arsenic team-mate Mikel Merino's changeable deflected disconnected him and into the backmost of the net. But pursuing a VAR check, the extremity was ruled out. The shot was deemed to person travel disconnected Havertz's limb and Arsenal could lone travel distant with a draw, having been 2-0 up.

The Premier League's Match Centre relationship connected X posted: "The Arsenal extremity was awarded on-field. The VAR established that the shot deed Havertz's limb instantly earlier entering the extremity and recommended that the extremity was disallowed."

Former Chelsea and Everton winger Pat Nevin, speaking connected BBC Radio 5 Live portion Havertz was claiming that the shot had deed his stomach, said: "I deliberation it mightiness person been his hand. There's nary constituent complaining - you are not allowed to people with your hand."

Arsenal looked connected people to chopped the spread astatine the apical to Liverpool to conscionable 4 points, having taken a two-goal pb done Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz. But second-half strikes from Youri Tielemans and Ollie Watkins got Villa backmost connected level terms.

The Gunners dusted themselves down and attempted to find a precocious winner, but they were incapable to find the backmost of the nett - until Merino did via Havertz. Arsenal's £27.4million signing fired his effort towards extremity and it deed Havertz en way past Emi Martinez.

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