Referee Stuart Attwell and his VAR crew might have made an enormous mistake in Newcastle United’s final recreation after failing to award a penalty for a foul on Fabian Schar.
What is the newest on Fabien Scher and Newcastle?
The Magpies picked up a whopping three factors of their quest to finish the season with Champions League soccer as they overtook Manchester United with a reasonably routine win.
Certainly, towards the Purple Devils within the necessary Premier League conflict, the house facet received 2-0 at St James’ Park due to targets from Joe Willock and Callum Wilson.
Regardless of the ultimate rating, the sport was not absolutely settled till Newcastle scored their second objective with simply two minutes remaining. Nevertheless, issues may have been a lot simpler had Attwell or VAR noticed a potential foul on Schar.
Certainly, as seen in Sky Sports activities’ highlights bundle (2:30), the defender seems to be kicked within the head as he tries to win the ball again.
Did Schar deserve a penalty for the foul?
Judging by the replays, it appears fairly clear that Schar heads the ball away whereas Man United participant Bruno Fernandes then hangs a leg and makes contact.
It isn’t essentially a excessive boot from the Purple Satan, because the Newcastle United centre-back throws himself from a decrease peak to win the ball, however that does not must be related.
In the long run, it is simply two gamers going for the ball, one successful it and the opposite hitting the opponent within the head.
Nevertheless, Man United can also discover themselves a bit unfortunate as they’ve had a incident involving the identical two gamers within the first half, with Fernandes’ penalty enchantment being rejected by VAR and the referee.
On Sky Sports activities commentary, Gary Neville claims there was a VAR examine for a handball over Anthony Martial’s line – which was simply dismissed. If that’s the case, it’s fairly exceptional that the referees didn’t spot the potential foul on Schar in the identical passage of play.
In the long run, it did not matter an excessive amount of because the Magpies nonetheless managed to take the win and seal all three factors with that second objective via Wilson afterward. If Man United had discovered a approach to stage up earlier than then, nonetheless, Eddie Howe and his crew would possibly properly have been livid concerning the incident on Monday morning.
Because it occurred, he appeared delighted along with his facet’s efficiency after the match, telling BBC Sport: “It was an necessary win and above all it was an excellent efficiency from the gamers. It was actually very energetic, from top quality and plenty of events created.
“We stored knocking on the door. Tribute to our stage of health immediately. For my part, we bought stronger within the recreation, regardless that we gave a lot to it.”
