Eddie Howe & Alan Shearer in agreement as Ange Postecoglou fails to mention Newcastle United incident

The Magpies came from 1-0 down to win 2-1 in North London as goals from Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak cancelled out Dominic Solanke’s opener.

Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou complained heavily about the final result, insisting his team would have won had it been a “fair and even playing ground”.

The Aussie’s comments came after Spurs - who were without several first-team players - protested the decision to allow Gordon’s equaliser to stand, despite the ball hitting Joelinton’s arm in the build-up.

But Howe too felt Newcastle were right to ask questions of the officials when they failed to a second-half penalty after Gordon was smashed into the face by Dejan Kulusevski’s shoulder.

With Gordon’s face covered in blood, the winger had to be treated by physios before playing on. He was eventually replaced by Harvey Barnes the 78th minute.

Asked for an update on Gordon ahead of Tuesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg clash away to Arsenal, Howe said: “Anthony was in a bit of discomfort, only with the cut which was a nasty looking one. Looking back at the decision, I thought that it was a foul, a clear penalty, and he came away from that incident with blood on himself.

“We dusted him and got him back on the pitch and he performed really well for us, I thought he had a really good game. So we’ll see how he is today [Monday].”

Indeed, a lot of supporters share the same view, including club legend Alan Shearer.

Shearer told the Rest is Football Podcast: “Ange Postecoglou had a moan about the referee. He had a rant, didn’t he, after the game where he said the same answer five or six times. I’m presuming it was about the referee. But what he failed to mention was that Newcastle should have had an absolute certain penalty when Anthony Gordon had his nose broken with that challenge.

“But I guess he’s moaning about the handball law, the one that hit Joelinton’s hand when Tottenham were again, after two minutes of taking the lead, trying to play stupidly, trying to play out from the back.”