Jean-Philippe Mateta’s stoppage-time penalty gave Crystal Palace a 2-1 victory against Newcastle United, leaving the Magpies facing yet another loss.
Crystal Palace scored two late goals against Newcastle United, leading to another Premier League loss.
William Osula gave the away team the lead at Selhurst Park before substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta scored the equalizer with 10 minutes left in regulation time, and then Newcastle gave up a penalty in extra time.
As the referee Andy Madley pointed directly to the penalty spot without requiring VAR intervention, Sven Botman received a foul for tugging Jefferson Lerma’s jersey.
From a distance of 12 yards, Mateta scored a 94th-minute game-winning goal for the Eagles.
Even though Lerma fell to the ground readily, the replays showed Botman plainly tugging the Crystal Palace midfielder’s shirt..
With VAR remaining silent, NUFC manager discusses the ‘soft’ penalty
The punishment decision was “soft,” but Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe acknowledged that it would have been difficult for VAR to step in and reverse it when asked about it.
“I believe it’s a light punishment, but once the referee hands it out, I don’t believe he will reverse it,” Howe stated. “Lerma’s shirt is partially owned by Sven. Although it may not be excessive, it did occur, and it was a bad moment to give up.
For Mateta’s penalty kick, goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale correctly chose the path, but he also highlighted the arbitrariness of the penalty choice that was so important.
“I haven’t seen the penalty back,” he stated. “From my angle, there was a bit of pushing right away, but if that gets given, I think two or three get given every game.
“It’s one of those that you may see given in the center of the field, but not usually in the box. “
For NUFC, there are ‘Some positives’?
Reflecting on the match itself, Howe said, “I think we were quite comfortable 60 minutes into the game. With the exception of Aaron’s excellent double save in the first half, I believe we were in charge of the match.
“The frustrating thing from our perspective is that we didn’t have more opportunities, and we didn’t make any more. We have undoubtedly passed up a few opportunities for long-range shooting, which was disheartening for us. However, we scored a fantastic goal and managed to get our noses ahead, which is the most difficult accomplishment. However, we didn’t really take advantage of that.
“In the second half, there was not enough assurance and authority to say, ‘Let’s go on and score more. ‘” However, the outcome obscures the fact that I believe there were some positive aspects to the performance today.
