Alan Shearer gives clear Jurrien Timber penalty verdict in Arsenal v PSG - 'Very risky'

have been told why the right decision was made for a penalty not to be awarded against them during the clash against .

The Gunners were in the semi-final first leg at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night.

side had only been on the pitch for a little over three minutes when Ousmane Dembele put PSG a goal in front in North London.

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Just over 10 minutes later, the visitors were wanting a penalty for a potential foul by on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Referee Slavko Vincic opted not to give a spot-kick onfield and there was no VAR intervention despite enthusiastic appeals from several PSG players.

Alan Shearer was part of Amazon Prime's coverage of the game between Arsenal and PSG and explained what he thought of the possibility of a penalty.

"His [Timber] arm is around him, he's asking for trouble doing that, but he [Kvaratskhelia] does go down very easily," said Shearer while on commentary for Amazon Prime.

"Looking at it from a forward's point of view, if that's an Arsenal player and the same thing happens, they're wanting a penalty," Shearer later added.

"It's one of those where if he [the referee] gives it, it's not being turned over. Perhaps not enough to give it anyway when he hasn't given that decision. Very risky, though."

Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg was alongside Shearer on commentary duty and offered his verdict on the PSG penalty appeal. The former referee believes the right decision was made not to award a spot-kick, believing one PSG player was fortunate not to get booked.

"I just don't think it's a penalty," said Clattenburg. "When you see an attacker doing this, what the referee is looking at is, he's looking at is the fall natural. With Timber's arm, is it a natural fall?

"What he [Kvaratskhelia] does, the attacker puts his arm in the air and that's normally a tell-tale sign for the referee that he's actually simulating. He's trying to tell the referee that it's a [penalty] kick.

"But what I didn't like was his [Kvaratskhelia] reaction after the contact, he's running at the referee. He probably deserved a yellow card for dissent."