'You overrule that': Anthony Gordon accused of diving as Newcastle's penalty decision against Man City is questioned

talkSPORT's Stuart Pearce believes VAR should have overturned the decision to award Newcastle a penalty against Manchester City.

Approaching the hour in St. James' Park, Antonio Gordon was deemed to have received a foul City Goalkeeper Ederson in the area.

Referee Jarred Gillett pointed to the penalty spot and var He checked the incident before accepting her call.

“The referee awarded a penalty for a foul by Ederson on Gordon and showed him a yellow card, considering that his actions were a genuine attempt to play the ball, but denied an obvious scoring opportunity,” the Premier League match center said. League.

“The VAR checked and confirmed the referee's penalty whistle and yellow card for Ederson.”

Ederson also received a yellow card before Gordon scored from 12 yards to level the score at 1-1 after Josko Gvardiol's opener.

However, replays appear to show very little to no contact from the City man on the pitch. Newcastle aggressor.

As a result, talkSPORT Pearce He suggested that Gordon dived to win the penalty and VAR should have overturned referee Gillett's decision.

“Brilliant through ball, but Gordon took three or four touches and never got the ball where he wanted it,” the former defender told GameDay exclusively. “If I played it open, if I was at Stockley Park, I would tip it over.” that.”

“He should have scored,” said Sam Matterface, before Pearce added: “If you want to stop players from diving in the modern game, you need to overturn that.

“He could turn around and say there was contact, but he initiated the contact.”

Gordon's penalty proved crucial for Newcastle, who kept the score at 1-1 to seal a point against defending champions City.

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Gvardiol gave the visitors the lead in the 35th minute with a calm and composed shot from inside the area.

Newcastle then counter-attacked in controversial fashion in the second half and faced a late flurry of chances from their rival.

City remain top of the table but could be overtaken at the end of the weekend, with Newcastle moving up to fifth place.