Tottenham 1-1 Newcastle match report & highlights: Another VAR handball decision strikes as Callum Wilson pinches draw for Magpies
Tottenham were robbed of all three points as yet another controversial penalty for handball allowed Newcastle to pinch a 1-1 draw on Sunday.
Spurs should have put the game to bed during a 90 minutes they totally dominated, but only had Lucas Moura's 25th-minute goal to show for their efforts.
Yet again, though, a Premier League game was marred by another handball decision that was given by Peter Bankes after consulting with the pitchside monitor.
Andy Carroll's header brushed the arm of Eric Dier, who had his back to the ball while jumping in the challenge, yet under the new rules of football and as we've seen elsewhere, that is now deemed to be a penalty.
Callum Wilson fired in the penalty in the 97th minute in what was Newcastle's first shot on target of the game, and a disguted Jose Mourinho marched down the tunnel immediately without staying to watch the end of the match.
Spurs dominated throughout the game, with Son Heung-min hitting the woodwork twice and Karl Darlow making ten saves in a superb performance.
There was a slight sense that Tottenham were tiring in the latter stages after their Europa League travels over the last couple of weeks, but still Newcastle were simply pumping hopeful balls into the box with no real danger.
One of those balls changed the game though, with Carroll's header hitting Dier and then the drama taking place courtesy of the new handball directives and use of slow-motion replays.
Mourinho tight-lipped after late controversy
Mourinho would not talk about that late decision directly, hinting that he would be fined if he gave his true feelings on the penalty decision.
“I don’t think,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. “I think about my team performance. Very good. Really, really good performance. First half amazing, should be three or four-nil easy.
“But (Karl) Darlow was fantastic and we hit the post and they managed to survive. In the second half we kept control, kept them away from our box. We know the danger of the box.
“We kept them always away and then we had that situation that we lost two points.
“But I’m not going to comment on it. If I want to give money away I’ll give to charities. I don’t want to give it to the FA, so I prefer not to comment.”
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