FC Bayern and Arsenal claimed a penalty in the Champions League quarter-final. Gabriel picked up the ball in his hand, put it back on the grass and passed it back to David Raya, and the game continued.
The inexperienced referee Glenn Nyberg, who was only in charge of his seventh game in the premier class, had blown the whistle shortly before the goal kick was taken. Germany's referee legend Markus Merk is now joining the penalty discussion and making a clear statement to Bayern. “The meaning and spirit of football, when looking at the entire situation and the immediate context of the whistle when it was first played, speak against a penalty decision," says the 62-year-old. Merk believes it was right that Nyberg refused a possible penalty. Bukayo Saka, who fell with Manuel Neuer in the penalty area, “almost sought the penalty with a kick,” says the national goalkeeper. The Arsenal attacker had to be treated on his leg by doctors immediately after the final whistle.