The incident occurred across the half-hour mark when Bournemouth‘s Adli was initially cautioned for simulation by referee Paul Tierney after tumbling below the problem of goalkeeper Verbruggen.

However, after advice from VAR official Jarred Gillett, Tierney reviewed it on the pitchside monitor, reversed his choice and awarded a penalty – asserting contact had been made.

Tavernier subsequently slotted house the spot-kick incomes the guests the opener, which regarded like profitable Bournemouth the sport till Kostoulas’s late intervention.

Replays confirmed the slightest of contact was made by Verbruggen’s excessive foot however, with the ball seemingly operating harmlessly away from purpose, Brighton‘s workers, gamers and followers have been left incensed by the choice.

After a weekend that noticed Arsenal livid they weren’t awarded a penalty and Manchester Metropolis incensed Diogo Dalot was not despatched off of their Manchester derby defeat, it was one other choice that was the primary speaking level on Monday night time.

Unsurprisingly, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola felt the choice was appropriate.

He mentioned: “As quickly as I noticed the replay… Verbruggen additionally raises his leg so much and contacts Amine. So I anticipated the choice, sure.”

Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry agreed on Sky Sports activities: “It’s a penalty. You are lifting your leg, on the time that you simply’re hitting the participant, the ball remains to be in play. Regardless on if he can get it or not, it’s nonetheless in play.

“Within the modern-day, as everyone knows, you are a scenario in sluggish movement. And it was given. As a substitute of arguing with this proper now, whether or not it was a penalty or not a penalty, it might’ve been prevented and we will clearly see the contact.”

Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, added: “These kind of penalties wouldn’t have been given perhaps 10 years in the past. The ball remains to be in play and you’ll see the contact. Adli would not have gotten to the ball.”

Video assistant referee errors had risen within the first half of the Premier League season.

Knowledge collected by BBC Sport taken from the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel exhibits errors had elevated 30% season-on-season from 10 to 13 earlier than the weekend.

It was nonetheless a marked enchancment on earlier years, with 20 errors at this stage of the 2023-24 marketing campaign and 23 in 2022-23.