Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane discussed Arsenal’s penalty claim after the final whistle (Getty)
Harry Kane admitted Arsenal and Bukayo Saka had strong grounds for a penalty in their 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
Arsenal and Saka were furious at the final whistle after Swedish referee Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg did not award a penalty after the winger collided with Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Saka was restrained after he confronted Nyberg, while both Martin Keown and Rio Ferdinand felt Arsenal should have been given a penalty during their post-match analysis for TNT Sports.
Kane, meanwhile, concedes that his England teammate had a case for a penalty claim after his leg was clipped by Neuer.
When asked about the decision, Kane told Amazon Prime: ‘If that happened to us, I would want the penalty. But it’s a 50-50 decision.’
Bukayo Saka was clipped by Manuel Neuer in the closing stages of Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich (Reuters)
When asked about the penalty claim not going in Arsenal’s favour, Bayern head coach Thomas Tuchel said: ‘For me it was contact, but much too late. The ball was gone.
‘He runs into Manu. Suddenly he blew the whistle. Then no one knew what was going on.’
Bayern defender Joshua Kimmich said: ‘He just plays the ball away. Manu makes the movement. For me it wasn’t an active foul movement. To be honest, I didn’t see it perfectly either.’
Meanwhile, Kane was furious with Nyberg’s decision to not award Bayern a penalty earlier in the second half when Gabriel Magalhaes picked up the ball inside Arsenal’s box moments after David Raya had restarted play.
‘We should have had a clear penalty when the referee blew his whistle, the goalkeeper passed the ball and Gabriel picked it up,’ Kane said.
‘That’s the clearest penalty I’ve ever seen.’
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