FA Decides on Potential Punishment for Haaland after he threw the ball at Gabriel.



The Football Association (FA) has opted not to impose retrospective punishment on Manchester City’s Erling Haaland for bouncing the ball off Gabriel’s head following their late equalizer against Arsenal.

The incident occurred in the 98th minute after John Stones scored a dramatic equalizer in the thrilling 2-2 draw. Haaland had previously opened the scoring, while Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel put the Gunners ahead.

Leandro Trossard received a second yellow card for kicking the ball away just before the late heartache inflicted by Stones.

After Stones bundled the ball into the net, Haaland picked it up and threw it at Gabriel, who was unaware of what was happening as he had his shirt over his face.

No action was taken at the moment, and the FA has since ruled that VAR had already reviewed the incident.

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