Erling Haaland could be BANNED for throwing ball at Gabriel, says former Premier League ref who compares it to a PUNCH

ERLING HAALAND could beryllium banned for throwing the shot astatine Gabriel Magalhaes' caput during Manchester City's thrilling 2-2 gully with Arsenal.

That is according to erstwhile Premier League referee Mark Halsey who spoke exclusively to SunSport connected the latest occurrence of The Whistleblower.

Man City salvaged a constituent successful stoppage clip aft being frustrated by Arsenal's 10 men for astir each of the 2nd fractional arsenic John Stones scrambled location an equaliser to gain the champions a 2-2 draw.

When the shot deed the backmost of the net, Haaland instantly picked it up and threw it astatine Gabriel's head.

It came astatine the extremity of a fiery brushwood - which included some sets of players getting embroiled successful an altercation moments aboriginal erstwhile Haaland dumped Thomas Partey to the crushed from the restart.

The Norwegian striker, 24, who opened the scoring successful the lucifer with his 100th extremity for Man City, was not punished for launching the shot astatine Gabriel.

However, Halsey has explained helium could yet beryllium retrospectively punished for the enactment if it is deemed to beryllium convulsive conduct.

He said: "You could reason it's convulsive behaviour due to the fact that it's similar he's throwing an entity astatine someone's head. It's similar he's throwing a punch astatine someone's head.

"So helium tin number himself precise fortunate that [referee] Michael Oliver didn't spot that and VAR didn't prime it up either.

"It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if the FA instrumentality retrospective enactment implicit that incidental due to the fact that it could beryllium construed arsenic convulsive conduct."

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He went connected to add: "He's utilized the shot arsenic a weapon, not his fist."

Halsey believes the result volition beryllium upon whether the FA spot it arsenic a convulsive enactment oregon simply "petulance".

Another large determination astatine the Etihad came erstwhile referee Oliver dismissed Leandro Trossard for a 2nd yellowish card aft helium barged into Bernardo Silva and past kicked the shot away.

It is Arsenal's 2nd reddish paper of the play successful conscionable 5 matches aft Declan Rice was sent off successful akin circumstances against Brighton.

And Halsey was successful nary uncertainty the close determination was made connected Sunday.

He said: "Michael had nary prime [but to nonstop disconnected Trossard] erstwhile helium blows his whistle and gives the free-kick and Trossard kicks the shot successful the mode that helium does.

"He intelligibly hears the whistle truthful I don't deliberation helium tin person immoderate complaints."