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'I think it's absolutely certainly not a penalty': Gary Neville disagrees with decision for Arsenal to be awarded a penalty against Chelsea for a foul on Kieran Tierney by Reece James

Gary Neville felt Arsenal were lucky to be awarded a penalty against Chelsea after Reece James was judged to have fouled Kieran Tierney.

The incident happened in the 34th minute when the Scottish full-back skipped past James and went down in the box.

VAR did review the referee's decision to award the penalty but decided not to overturn the original decision, and Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead from the spot.

Arsenal were award a penalty after Reece James was judged to have fouled Kieran Tierney
The incident happened during the 34th minute of the game with the scores level at the time

The incident happened during the 34th minute of the game with the scores level at the time

Neville said that he felt that it was 'certainly not a penalty' and Tierney threw his leg back

Neville on commentary for Sky Sports however said that he felt the penalty should not have been awarded.