Newcastle United ‘s goal and Palace earn a point
In a controversial decision, VAR disallowed Newcastle United ‘s lone goal on Saturday,
and Crystal Palace earned a point at St. James’ Park thanks to a goaltender-driven scoreless draw.
Ironically,
Tyrick Mitchell was removed from the scoresheet for a Joe Willock foul on Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita after guiding the Newcastle player into his GK.
Newcastle UnitedScore – Crystal Palace
Played on 09/03/ 2022
Newcastle was penalised for not scoring in the first half: Newcastle
but Palace only had one in the first half. Would a goal have been enough to break the dam? Maybe! A chipped attempt by Alexander Isak on a 30-yard breakaway was stopped by a superb Guaita, who was named Man of the Match. Joelinton narrowly missed the goal
with a Kieran Trippier free kick, then Guaita and two defender blocks later resulted in a corner after which Almiron hit the post. Palace was desperate for halftime.
Although VAR casts doubt on many viewpoints,
one thing is certain and obvious: Joe Willock rocked Guaita on what appeared to be a Tyrick Mitchell own goal because Mitchell shoved the advancing Magpie into the goalkeeper.
0 for Newcastle Crystal Palace: Despite Tyrick Mitchell pushing Joe Willock,
VAR controversially disallows the Magpies’ goal.
At St James’ Park,
Crystal Palace held Newcastle to a scoreless draw. Newcastle had a goal disallowed for a foul by midfielder Joe Willock.
Eddie Howe’s team moves up to 11th place,
while Palace drops to 15th, despite the fact that Willock was deemed to have fouled Vicente Guaita despite having been pushed himself.
Eddie Howe claimed on Friday that Newcastle is the target of animosity from opposing teams. After this tie with Crystal Palace,
he might believe that the government is also on his side.
Howe complained before the game that since the Magpies were taken over by Saudi Arabia,
other top-flight teams had raised their transfer fees for them. No one is willing to do us a favour,
the Newcastle boss lamented.
However,
referee Michael Salisbury wasn’t in the mood to give Howe a break here either, as he controversially disallowed Tyrick Mitchell’s own goal in the second half to deprive the home team a result they earned.
Alexander Isak,
who cost Newcastle a club record £60 million to get him, scored on his debut that evening at Anfield. And fans waved a huge flag with his name and number to welcome him to St James’ Park for his debut game.
However,
despite having a fantastic opportunity to score in the 16th minute, the Swedish striker was unable to return the favour by scoring for the crowd.
After tackling a sloppy Joachim Andersen within his own half,
Isak had a clear shot at goal. However,
