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Why Kai Havertz goal was allowed to stand despite Gabriel Jesus handball for Arsenal vs Everton
Kai Havertz’s 14th goal of the season saw Arsenal to a 2-1 final day win over Everton but it ultimately did not deliver the title for the Gunners.
Manchester City’s 3-1 home win at West Ham saw them crowned champions for a record fourth successive season to leave Arsenal in second once again, this time by two points. Mikel Arteta’s side finished with the best defensive record in the league, having conceded just 29 goals across the 38 fixtures.
Their own goals count was only usurped by Man City, who scored five more than Arsenal’s tally of 91. Fourteen of those had been scored in Arsenal’s final five games, with Havertz’s goal against Everton proving to be important in the context of the game.
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The Toffees had taken the lead on 40 minutes through Idrissa Gueye before Takehiro Tomiyasu equalised a minute before the break. Havertz got the winner on 89 minutes to spare the blushes of Arsenal, who needed to win to stand a chance of lifting the title should Man City have slipped up.
The goal was checked by VAR after the ball looked to have been handled by Gabriel Jesus in the build up. The striker knocked the ball past the Everton defender inside the centre circle prior to giving the ball to Martin Odegaard before Havertz fired home.
The ball looked to have hit Jesus below the T-shirt line but the goal was judged legal due to the player not being the scorer, with there being two phases before the strike. Referee Michael Oliver was called over to the VAR screen but stuck with his original decision.
Speaking on Match of the Day, Alan Shearer called the decision correct but Gary Lineker called the law “a mess”. Shearer explained: “He [Jesus] is not the goalscorer, it’s not deliberate handball - his arm is tucked right down - so I think it was the right decision from Michael Oliver to stick with the on-field decision.”
Lineker responded: “If he had been two yards out and it had been exactly the same and gone in, they’d disallow it. How can you have handball for one thing and not the other? The law’s a mess.”
