Overview
- The independent Key Match Incidents panel, in a report published Thursday, logged three missed penalties and one wrong second yellow from matches played March 14–16.
- Arsenal should have had a spot-kick for Michael Keane’s foul on Kai Havertz, Chelsea for Reece James pulling Malick Thiaw, and Brentford for Wolves’ Andre holding Kevin Schade.
- The panel judged each incident to be a penalty but said VAR was right not to intervene because none met the Premier League’s “clear and obvious” threshold to overturn the on‑field call.
- Leeds’ Gabriel Gudmundsson was incorrectly sent off for a second booking at Crystal Palace, and that type of second‑yellow decision will be reviewable by VAR from next season.
- VAR errors have reached 18 this season, matching last year’s total, as PGMO cites fewer interventions and quicker reviews even as pundits such as Alan Shearer say referees lean too much on the technology.