Playwright Anchor Element click fails but Press Enter works

I have following anchor Element on the page for which I am writing Playwright Tests

 <a _ngcontent-ng-c643490139="" mat-menu-item="" tabindex="0" class="mat-mdc-menu-item mat-mdc-focus-indicator ng-tns-c2786309385-2 ng-star-inserted" href="/event-partner" role="menuitem" aria-disabled="false" style="">
<span class="mat-mdc-menu-item-text"><span _ngcontent-ng-c643490139="">Eventpartner</span></span><div matripple="" class="mat-ripple mat-mdc-menu-ripple"></div>
<!---->
</a>

Its an anchor Tag with a role of menuitem. Accessing it via following locator should work:

//Open the Menu whose name is Daten
await page.locator('a').filter({ hasText: 'Daten' }).click();

await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Eventpartner' }).click();

But I get the following error in my Test:

Error: locator.click: Test timeout of 30000ms exceeded.

Call log:

  • waiting for getByRole(‘menuitem’, { name: ‘Eventpartner’ })
    • locator resolved to …
  • attempting click action
    2 × waiting for element to be visible, enabled and stable

    • element is visible, enabled and stable
    • scrolling into view if needed
    • done scrolling
    • … from … subtree intercepts pointer events
    • retrying click action
    • waiting 20ms
    • waiting for element to be visible, enabled and stable
  • element was detached from the DOM, retrying

How can I fix this issue?

The website here removes the Element referred to by locator resolved to in the above error message.

<a tabindex="0" role="menuitem" mat-menu-item="" href="/event-partner" aria-disabled="false" _ngcontent-ng-c2888663785="" class="mat-mdc-menu-item mat-mdc-focus-indicator ng-tns-c2786309385-2 ng-star-inserted">…</a>

Following does work,but not always, say 8 out of 10 times.

 await page.locator('a').filter({ hasText: 'Daten' }).click();


await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Eventpartner' }).press('Enter');

How can I solve this issue?