VAR needed just seven seconds to check Brighton's controversial penalty against Arsenal.
The Gunners dropped two points in the title race at the AMEX last weekend after William Saliba was adjudged to have made head contact with Joao Pedro as he went for a header in the penalty area.
Boss Mikel Arteta was cooking full-time and revealed he had never seen anything like it in his entire career and claimed VAR official Darren England took just seconds to confirm Anthony Taylor's decision.
And the Spaniard was proven right, but PGMOL chief Howard Webb insists referee Taylor made the right call despite replays showing Saliba's head looking at the ball.
In the released transcript, England can be heard saying during his check: “Clear. Clear penalty. Head on head.”
And Webb explained: 'It's unusual. Saliba is not in charge. Saliba lets the ball tap on his head and then it goes into Pedro's head. He arrives late to Pedro, who goes downstairs.
“It is a late contact from someone who did not play the ball himself. The ball hit him, but he didn't play it.
“If you break it like that, it's a foul. If he heads the ball first on that loose ball and there is a collision, I have no problem with that and then there is a collision. That's not what happened.”
Michael Owen discussed the incident with Webb and withdrew from the TV program Match Officials Mic'd Up.
He said: “If he touches the ball it has to make a difference. If he doesn't touch the ball, it's definitely a penalty.
“He gets a fair share of the ball.”
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard said: “None of us have seen many penalties for situations like this before.
“There's a little contact there on the head, but William is also touching the ball, so it's a strange contact.”
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