The decision not to award a penalty for handball against Lewis Dunk in Manchester City's 1-0 defeat by Brighton has been narrowly supported by the Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel.

The five members of the panel voted 3-2 to back the decision of on-field referee Craig Pawson and video assistant referee John Brooks.

Brighton had taken the lead at the Etihad through Yasin Ayari's goal in the 11th minute.

In first-half stoppage time as City looked for an equaliser, the ball came off both of Dunk's arms inside the penalty area.

The majority view of the KMI Panel was that "the ball struck Dunk on the thigh/arm before hitting his opposite arm, with his arms down by his side".

But two panellists felt Dunk "had enough time to reposition his arms given the distance the ball travelled", while adding that they "considered this a punishable handball".