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Late penalty costs Arsenal win at Paris FC
September 30, 2026 at 08:27 PM · Updated 15d ago
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5 reports · over 12 hours
ESESPN
Women's Champions League VAR review: Why Arsenal's bizarre penalty award was right
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Furious Arsenal boss Slegers skips post-match UWCL presser - sources
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Paris FC 2-2 Arsenal (Sep 30, 2026) Game Analysis - ESPN
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Leah Williamson blunder gifts Paris FC a point as Arsenal’s struggles continue
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Highlights - Champions League - Paris FC 2-2 Arsenal
(opens the publisher’s site)Arsenal let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Paris FC after a contentious stoppage-time penalty was awarded against Leah Williamson.
- Alessia Russo and Georgia Stanway scored either side of half-time to put Arsenal 2-0 ahead.
- Clara Mateo pulled one back with 18 minutes left before Williamson was penalised for handball.
- Maeline Mendy converted the resulting spot-kick with three minutes remaining, with VAR not intervening.
- Arsenal have taken five points from four Women's Super League games and sit seven points behind Manchester City.
- A miscommunication between goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez and captain Leah Williamson gifted Paris FC's late equalizer.
- Manager Renée Slegers skipped her post-match press conference after Arsenal threw away a 2-0 lead, sources said.
- VAR confirmed the penalty was correct, since UEFA's 2026-27 guidance deems a defender's deliberate touch of a stationary ball after a restart a handball offence.
- The incident was consistent with the Tyrone Mings handball case against Club Brugge in 2024.