Newcastle United expanded their undefeated run on Sunday with a aimless draw against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Eddie Howe managed to grind another point against his former team, but the meeting was determined by referee Controverse.
Bad decisions in the game Newcastle
Former referee Mark Clattenburg thought that Malick Thiaw was lucky to avoid a second yellow card, so that the visitors would have a man down the last half hour. The magpies were also hurt when Nick Woltemade was brought down in the penalty area after strong pressure from the defenders of Bournemouth.
In the last minutes, Bournemouth got a free kick in a dangerous position when Harvey Barnes was punished controversially for handball. The winger let the ball hit against him, with his arms tight to his body, but the referee blew for an error. Kluivert’s low attack from the set piece seemed intended for the corner until Pope brilliant reacted to push it away and save a valuable point for the men of Howe.
Shearer and Lineker respond to the referee’s decision
In the meantime, Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer found that Newcastle would have been smoking if the late free kick had found the net, with the decision ridiculous.
Lineker said the rest is football podcast: “It wasn’t great. I thought the first half hour was fine. It was pretty end-to-end, and it had a pretty good pace. And then it just went a bit to nothing. Do you know what I thought? Alan is going to do this podcast in a minute.
Shearer added: “Terrible decision, the handball?
Lineker continued: ‘The handball. It was ridiculous, right? And they couldn’t turn it around because it wasn’t a penalty. It was just outside. And I thought Alan would be absolutely ballistic if this enters. I mean, he shot him from about a garden.
Shearer: “I would have told you where you had to go if that went inside and we would have been beaten 1-0. I just wouldn’t have come.”
In the meantime, Newcastle will have to increase their performance levels if they want an impressive season. They have not been at their best in the future and they have to start creating more opportunities if they regularly want to find the back of the net.
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