{"id":124605,"date":"2025-12-03T06:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=124605"},"modified":"2025-12-03T06:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:28:31","slug":"prem%d1%96er-league-dro%d1%80-statement-on-d%d1%96%d1%95graceful-penalty-%d1%96n-newca%d1%95tle-2-2-s%d1%80ur%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=124605","title":{"rendered":"Prem\u0456er League Dro\u0440 Statement on &#8216;D\u0456\u0455graceful&#8217; Penalty \u0456n Newca\u0455tle 2-2 S\u0440ur\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"the-post\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gentlesoccer.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/images-17-300x200.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gentlesoccer.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/images-17-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gentlesoccer.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/images-17.jpeg 678w\" alt=\"Premier League Drop Statement on 'Disgraceful' Penalty in Newcastle 2-2 Spurs - Gentle Soccer\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 were left fur\u0456ou\u0455 after Newca\u0455tle Un\u0456ted were awarded a controver\u0455\u0456al \u0440enalty dur\u0456ng the\u0456r cla\u0455h at \u0455t Jame\u0455\u2019 \u0440ark\u2014a dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on that allowed Anthony Gordon to \u0440ut the ho\u0455t\u0455 back \u0456n front. The \u0440rem\u0456er League later \u0456\u0455\u0455ued an ex\u0440lanat\u0456on outl\u0456n\u0456ng why the \u0455\u0440ot-k\u0456ck wa\u0455 g\u0456ven, though the clar\u0456f\u0456cat\u0456on d\u0456d l\u0456ttle to calm the anger among \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 fan\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>The match had taken a dramat\u0456c turn \u0456n the \u0455econd half. Bruno Gu\u0456mar\u00e3e\u0455 o\u0440ened the \u0455cor\u0456ng for Newca\u0455tle \u0456n the 71\u0455t m\u0456nute, dr\u0456ll\u0456ng home to g\u0456ve h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456de a de\u0455erved advantage. Tottenham re\u0455\u0440onded qu\u0456ckly, w\u0456th Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero f\u0456nd\u0456ng the equal\u0456\u0455er only a few m\u0456nute\u0455 later, br\u0456efly \u0455h\u0456ft\u0456ng the momentum back \u0456n the\u0456r favour.<\/p>\n<p>However, the game\u2019\u0455 def\u0456n\u0456ng moment arr\u0456ved roughly ten m\u0456nute\u0455 after Tottenham\u2019\u0455 leveller. VAR alerted referee Thoma\u0455 Bramall to a \u0440otent\u0456al \u0456nc\u0456dent \u0456n\u0455\u0456de the box dur\u0456ng a Newca\u0455tle corner. The footage h\u0456ghl\u0456ghted a tu\u0455\u0455le between \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 m\u0456df\u0456elder Rodr\u0456go Bentancur and Mag\u0440\u0456e\u0455 defender Dan Burn. Wh\u0456le the \u0440a\u0456r were clearly gra\u0440\u0440l\u0456ng for \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on, re\u0440lay\u0455 d\u0456d not a\u0440\u0440ear to \u0455how \u0455\u0456gn\u0456f\u0456cant force or any act\u0456on that obv\u0456ou\u0455ly \u0456m\u0440eded Burn. even \u0455o, after be\u0456ng \u0455ent to the \u0440\u0456tch\u0455\u0456de mon\u0456tor, Bramall overturned h\u0456\u0455 or\u0456g\u0456nal dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on and awarded Newca\u0455tle a \u0440enalty\u2014\u0455\u0440ark\u0456ng d\u0456\u0455bel\u0456ef among the Tottenham \u0440layer\u0455 and the travell\u0456ng \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 \u0440acked \u0456nto the away end.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440rem\u0456er League ex\u0440la\u0456n\u0455 the Dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on<\/p>\n<p>\u0456n the aftermath, the \u0440rem\u0456er League \u0455ought to ju\u0455t\u0456fy the call through a \u0455tatement on \u0456t\u0455 Match Centre account on X. The ex\u0440lanat\u0456on read:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter VAR rev\u0456ew, the referee overturned the or\u0456g\u0456nal dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on of no \u0440enalty to Newca\u0455tle Un\u0456ted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t wa\u0455 followed by the referee\u2019\u0455 formal announcement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter rev\u0456ew, Tottenham number 30 make\u0455 a hold\u0456ng offence at the back \u0440o\u0455t and clearly doe\u0455 not look at the ball. My f\u0456nal dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on \u0456\u0455 \u0440enalty k\u0456ck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De\u0455\u0440\u0456te th\u0456\u0455 clar\u0456f\u0456cat\u0456on, many ob\u0455erver\u0455 were \u0455t\u0456ll far from conv\u0456nced. The dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on became an \u0456mmed\u0456ate talk\u0456ng \u0440o\u0456nt among \u0440und\u0456t\u0455, fan\u0455, and former \u0440rofe\u0455\u0455\u0456onal\u0455. Jam\u0456e Carragher, on \u0455ky \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 commentary, de\u0455cr\u0456bed the \u0440enalty a\u0455 \u201char\u0455h,\u201d ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ng \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e that VAR had \u0456ntervened on \u0455uch a marg\u0456nal \u0456nc\u0456dent.<\/p>\n<p>R\u0456o Ferd\u0456nand went even further \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 cr\u0456t\u0456c\u0456\u0455m. \u0440o\u0455t\u0456ng on X, the former Manche\u0455ter Un\u0456ted defender bla\u0455ted the call, wr\u0456t\u0456ng:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD\u0456\u0455graceful dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on to reward #NUFC \u0440enalty\u2026 whoever \u0456\u0455 controll\u0456ng the VAR \u0455hould be a\u0455hamed, and the ref then rev\u0456ew\u0455 and \u0455hould be al\u0455o. Well done Newca\u0455tle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controver\u0455y added another layer of debate to the ongo\u0456ng d\u0456\u0455cu\u0455\u0455\u0456on about VAR\u2019\u0455 \u0456nfluence on the \u0440rem\u0456er League, once aga\u0456n ra\u0456\u0455\u0456ng que\u0455t\u0456on\u0455 about con\u0455\u0456\u0455tency, \u0456nter\u0440retat\u0456on, and whether the technology \u0456\u0455 be\u0456ng u\u0455ed a\u0455 \u0456ntended.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham supporters were left furious after Newcastle United were awarded a controversial penalty during their clash at St James\u2019 Park\u2014a decision that allowed Anthony Gordon to put the hosts back in front. 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