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Newcastle United: Fans react to ex-referee’s penalty claim

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A whole host of Newcastle United fans have flocked to Twitter following Dermot Gallagher’s penalty verdict.

Newcastle United were, in truth, battered by the Gunners on Saturday afternoon, however, they may well have felt hard done by given they had two shouts for a penalty turned down by both the referee and the VAR.

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One saw Callum Wilson sprint through on goal only for Nuno Tavares to push the striker in the back, however, it was an earlier incident that got former Premier League referee Gallagher talking on Sky Sports, as he claimed that when Fabian Schar saw his shirt pulled from a corner, it should have ‘raised alarm bells’ and believes a penalty should have been given by the referee.

A lot of Newcastle fans on Twitter agree and are still in disbelief they weren’t awarded a spot-kick.

What have these Newcastle fans been saying?

“So why didn’t we? All well and good having VAR in place but if the people operating it are clueless, it’s pointless.”

@dann_robbo

“Newcastle not getting a penalty that they should’ve done over the weekend? In other news, water is wet.”

@RhysMelhuish22

“When Dermot Gallagher is coming out publicly and saying this .. you know it’s a stone wall pen ! … We’re going to get the rough end of the stick for a while yet after this takeover”

@fans_toon

“We never get owt!”

@Penshawmag

“Shock”

@DembaBaSyrup

“What’s shocking is they hardly showed even 1 replay of the incident during the game. It’s almost as if they didn’t want us to see…”

@ToonArmyIndia

“That ref was absolutely ridiculous”

@KierenW6

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It’s no surprise these Newcastle fans are annoyed, as finding out it ought to have been given as a penalty days later does them no favours, especially when they need every last point they can get in their fight against relegation.

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