The Football Association (FA) has decided not to issue any retrospective punishment to 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 of a thrilling 2-2 draw, shortly after John Stones scored a dramatic equalizer for City.
Haaland had initially opened the scoring, before Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel put Arsenal ahead.Leandro Trossard was shown a second yellow card for kicking the ball away, and shortly after, Stones scored to level the game.
Following the goal, Haaland picked up the ball and threw it against Gabriel’s head, who had his shirt over his face at the time.
No action was taken during the match, and the FA has confirmed that VAR had already reviewed the incident, so no further punishment will be issued.
