Nick Woltemade Break Silence on Gabriel Confrontation after unseen punch incident

However, the match would have taken a different turn after an incident shortly after the goal of Woltemade.

The German pressed the ball from the kick-off and Gabriel saw him pushing in the face-an action that remained unpunished by referee Jarrett.

Punch in the face of the ball by Gabriel on Woltemade, not viewed by VAR #NUFC pic.twitter.com/2uukipvzwi

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Now the former Stuttgart striker has shared its perspective. “After the goal there was a situation,” he told Sky Sports.

“I felt his elbow in my face, so his arm should be very high and I don’t want to fall. I just said it to the referee, I felt something in my face and I think it’s not good to feel something in your face, but I am not the type of player who will fall for this.

“It is difficult because I think you might have to do it sometimes, but this is not my kind of football and I don’t like it. He said sorry after that, so I think he knew he was hit my face.”

Respond to the collision, Newcastle Icon Les Ferdinand said: “The question I would ask, if he had gone down, he said, I don’t want to go down, but if he had gone down, they would have judged it.

“If they had judged it, I want to know what the outcome would have been. He put him right in his face.

“No matter how you look at it, he is really lucky and if he does that, if he holds his face, they judge it. Every blow to the face is a broadcast.”