Arsenal receive clear double VAR Champions League verdict after controversial PSG penalty

Martin Keown and Ally McCoist have slammed the decision for VAR to hand Paris Saint-Germain a penalty in Wednesday night's Champions League semi-final second leg against .

The Gunners travelled to France looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first-leg at the Emirates Stadium. After coming close through Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli,

In the second-half, moments after referee Felix Zwayer turned down calls for a penalty on a foul on Bukayo Saka, PSG were handed a chance to kill the tie. Myles Lewis-Skelly was penalised for accidentally handling the ball from Achraf Hakimi's shot inside the box.

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Fortunately, Vitinha's penalty was saved by David Raya, but that didn't stop Keown and McCoist in criticising the "ridiculous" decision by VAR. "Not a single player on the pitch appeals," Keown said on TNT Sport. "This is where VAR spoils it.

"It has been a fantastic contest but to finish the game and the tie in this way, it's ridiculous." After Raya denied Vitinha, he added: "Justice is served. He gets down brilliantly, he has to guess right."

"He cannot give this but they will,"McCoist added. "You know something, I don't know Martin. Ah man alive.. You look at Hakimi, [he] doesn't even appeal for it, doesn't even look for it.

"He is not interested in it. Shambles."

Arsenal's Champions League hopes were dashed not long after the penalty miss when Hakimi curled in a second for PSG. Bukayo Saka halved the deficit on the night shortly after but the Gunners were unable to complete a turnaround for the ages.