The Premier League have now published the Key Match Incidents Panel's analysis of Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber's shirt pull on Liverpool striker Alexander Isak

The Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled that Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal.

The incident in question is Jurrien Timber's shirt pull on Alexander Isak during the first half when the Swedish striker attempted to get onto the end of a cross.

Referee Andy Madley didn't give a penalty at the time and the VAR officials also decided not to intervene.

However, the KMI Panel feels Madley's initial call to snub a penalty was a clear mistake. Four out of five panel members feel a penalty should have been awarded.

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Furthermore, three out of the five panel members felt that VAR should have intervened and sent Madley to the pitch-side monitor.

One panellist indicated the holding was "short-lived" and lacked "clear impact on the ability of Isak to progress."

There remains an argument that Isak may never have got to the ball, even if his shirt was not held by Arsenal right-back Timber.

The Premier League champions went on to win the match 1-0 as Kai Havertz struck the winner. Speaking after the game, Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola admitted he'll tell his players to go to ground in the future when there is contact to maximise their chances of earning fouls.

He told BBC Match of the Day: "There is a clear grab of the shirt. Alex [Isak] was just in front of him, he was going to head in front of the goal but couldn't because he grabbed the shirt.

"If he goes to the floor, they call the penalty 100 per cent. It should be like this but it is what it is. Next time, the managers should tell Alex to go to the floor, otherwise they won't call it. The answer is you have to dive, if you don't dive they won't call it."

Mikel Arteta indicated referees would be opening up a can of worms if they now decided to start giving penalties for shirt pulls. He said last week ahead of his side's 2-1 Champions League victory over Slavia Prague: "I have a lot of clips about shirts, pulls, grabs.

"So I have a massive library that we can talk about. We're talking about one in particular. I have a massive library that we can throw there to remind everybody what every team is going through."

Arsenal also felt that Trey Nyoni could have faced further punishment for his early challenge on Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard. Nyoni's studs appeared to catch Odegaard's ankle but the tackle went unpunished.