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title: "Man City fans are fuming following handball incident"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/articles/man-city-fans-are-fuming-following-handball-incident/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Oliver Birch"
section: "Articles"
published: "2019-11-10T18:24:35Z"
modified: "2019-11-10T18:24:36Z"
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# Man City fans are fuming following handball incident

A number of Manchester City fans appear to be incredibly angry with the decision to not award a penalty for handball on Trent Alexander-Arnold prior to Liverpool’s first goal at Anfield.

The incident is set to be a huge talking point following the match, after VAR decided to stick with the on-field decision of no penalty after the ball struck Alexander-Arnold on the arm in the area.

Following the decision, these City fans have vented their frustrations on social media with many believing it was a clear penalty.

> Twitter: @SkySportsPL @SkySports Blatant handball. VAR; the ref; the FA all in favour of liverpool. This season is a setup.… https://t.co/2Hr96dLSjp (@28Zizou)

> Twitter: @SkySportsPL @SkySports Clear handball. Carragher says his arm was by his side 🤦🏻‍♂️ (@mahirsty)

> Twitter: @SkySportsPL @SkySports Thats a penalty and a Red all day long. (@TaBleMCMV)

> Twitter: @SkySportsPL @SkySports They spent 3 mins trying to find an angle to give handball against Dele last week. The firs… https://t.co/WT7YC5e9R0 (@mksorwk)

> Twitter: @SkySportsPL @SkySports YES (@Dembladesmen)

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While the ball did strike Alexander-Arnold’s arm in the area prior to Fabinho’s goal, an argument can be made that the ball only found it’s way to the full-back via the arm of Bernardo Silva.

As previously mentioned, the incident is likely to dominate much of the post-match coverage, with some suggesting that Fabinho’s goal should have in fact been ruled out due to the handball incident.

> Twitter: Sorry, wrong citation there. This is the part of the new Law that could be used to argue that Alexander-Arnold’s ha… https://t.co/Nat8rnNabo (@DuncanCastles)