The Premier League explains why Newcastle's controversial goal left Tottenham furious
The Premier League has revealed the reason why the VAR did not annul Newcastle's draw against Tottenham.
Antonio Gordon he equalized for the visitors just two minutes later Dominic Solanke had opened the score.
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However, the goal came controversial fashion after a possible hand in the preparation.
Lucas Bergvall's pass clearly hit the hand of Joelinton before falling to Bruno Guimaraes deep in the Spurs half.
The Brazilian then played in Gordon to find the bottom corner and cancel out Solanke's opener.
a furious Ange Postecoglou He stood with both hands raised on the touchline, while his players desperately pleaded with the referee.
A post on the Premier League Match Center said: “The referee's goal signal was confirmed by the VAR, which checked for a possible handball by Joelinton in the build-up and considered that his arm was at his side, in a natural position and The contact was accidental.”
While Tottenham were left outraged by the decision, the England legend Stuart Pearce agreed with officials.
Reacting to a comment to talkSPORT, Pearce said: “It certainly came from Joelinton, but it doesn't refer to him in any way. It is not deliberate.
“His arm was out of its natural silhouette, it was not knocked to the side, but it was in a natural position.
“To me, that wasn't deliberate handball. It's very close to Bergvall and I couldn't keep my hand off the road.
“But the only thing that can be said is that Gordon shot brilliantly over the goalkeeper, Austin had no chance.
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“Tottenham were playing from the back very quickly, they got caught out again and suddenly the ball was in the back of the net.”
The goal was Gordon's fifth Premier League goal of the season, scored in front of the new Three Lions manager. Thomas Tuchel.
It is also the 23-year-old's fifth goal in his last five league games.
Spurs' afternoon got even worse before the break as Newcastle completed their recovery.
A low cross from Jacob Murphy was deflected towards Alexander Isak by Radu Dragusin.
The goal means Isak has now scored in seven consecutive Premier League games for the Magpies.
Newcastle held on in the second half to secure their fifth straight league win and compound Ange Postecoglou's woes.
