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Kai Havertz should have been sent off before scoring Arsenal's winning goal against Brentford, a panel has concluded.
The Gunners beat Thomas Frank's side 2-1 in controversial circumstances at The Emirates on March 9, securing a late 2-1 win thanks to a Havertz strike.
The goal took the hosts to the top of the Premier League table, with Liverpool and Manchester City playing out a draw the next day, ensuring last year's runners-up went into the final international break of the season top of the pile.
But it could have been a very different situation had referee Rob Jones correctly sent Havertz off for simulation, the Key Match Incidents Panel has revealed.
The panel ruled that Havertz, who had already been booked earlier in the game, should have seen a second yellow card in the action of trying to win a penalty in the second, half, which would have meant he was not on the pitch to score the winning goal.
Kai Havertz should have been sent off before scoring Arsenal's winner against Brentford, a panel has revealed
Havertz scored late on to secure a 2-1 win for his side to send them top of the Premier League
Earlier in the game, however, he had performed a 'clear act of simulation', the panel concluded
