Arsenal fans furious over Man City penalty decision and Jamie Carragher agrees with them

Arsenal fans have been left furious after Manchester City were awarded a first half penalty against Wolves - and Jamie Carragher is in agreement.

City were given the penalty following a collision between Josko Gvardiol and Rayan Ait-Nouri.

There looked to be little contact, but VAR deemed there to be enough to award a spot kick, which Erling Haaland converted from 12 yards to give City the lead.

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Should City win at the Etihad Stadium, they will move one point behind Premier League leaders Arsenal - and crucially have a further game in hand.

As a result, Arsenal fans in particular were left furious at the decision to award a penalty to City, and made their feelings clear on social media.

One wrote: "How on earth is that a penalty?"

Another said: "Wtf have City just got? Horrific decision."

A third added: "VAR again, how on earth is that a penalty to Manchester City? Ridiculous."

Speaking on commentary for Sky Sports, Carragher agreed with the view of Arsenal fans: "I must say, my initial reaction is that this is very harsh.

"It almost needed the Man City players to tell the referee it was a penalty because he didn't give it straight away.

"I don't know, it feels like the attacker just has the shot. It's certainly not going to be overturned. I don't think it's a penalty - I think it's very harsh.

"Ait Nouri doesn't see Gvardiol coming in but he doesn't really swing, it feels like a coming together. It's a small attempt to clear the ball. I think that's really harsh.

"I'm not having a go at the Manchester City players for appealing for it but it did feel like the referee initially hadn't given it. I think it was Phil Foden who really went at the referee and he gave it. I don't think it was a penalty."

After the penalty, Haaland made it 2-0 with a header, before scoring another penalty to give City a 3-0 half-time lead at the Etihad Stadium.