Stacy Boit,

After goals galore in Tuesday’s spectacular Champions League tie between Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich, the officials took centre stage in the second semi-final 24 hours later.

Arsenal will return to Emirates Stadium next week with a creditable 1-1 draw from their first leg at Atletico Madrid – but that does not tell even half the story.

The match was a tale of three penalties. One was scored by Arsenal, one was scored by Atletico Madrid – and one, most controversially, was awarded to but then taken away from the Gunners.

Viktor Gyokeres put the Premier League side in front before half-time, scoring from the spot after being bundled over in the box.

Julian Alvarez then equalised with a penalty after a debatable handball decision given against Ben White – more on that later.

But the big talking point was the final penalty incident. Referee Danny Makkelie initially pointed to the spot when David Hancko caught Eberechi Eze. Then the video assistant referee (VAR) sent Makkelie to the monitor. And then the decision was overturned. It left Mikel Arteta “incredibly fuming”.

“There is no clear and obvious error,” Arteta said. “And this changes the course of the game. And at this level, I’m sorry but this cannot happen.”

When asked whether he had been given an explanation for the decision, he added: “No. A very clear explanation of the decision and what happens for a period of time, a referee has to watch it 13 times, what’s more clear than that? It’s impossible and we are all fuming about it.”