Jason Tindall disagrees as Premier League issue statement after Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace incident

Jason Tindall agrees that Nick Pope’s penalty save was a sliding door moment in Newcastle United’s 5-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Jacob Murphy handed the Magpies the lead at St James’ Park before Palace were awarded a penalty in the 36th minute when Pope was deemed to have fouled Chris Richards after he came charging off his line to clear a floated free-kick.

VAR intervened to send Darren England to the pitchside monitor and following a lengthy review, the referee pointed to the spot. Explaining the decision, the Premier League Match Centre wrote on X: “VAR checked the referee’s call of no penalty to Crystal Palace for a challenge by Pope on Richards – and deemed there was sufficient contact for a penalty and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned the original decision and awarded a penalty to Crystal Palace.”

Eberechi Eze stepped only to see his spot-kick saved by Pope. Two minutes later, a Marc Guehi own goal made it 2-0 to Newcastle. Further goals from Harvey Barnes and Fabian Schar increased the scoreline to 4-0 before half-time.

Alexander Isak then added a fifth on the hour-mark as the Magpies moved up to third in the Premier League table, five points inside the Champions League qualification positions.

Reflecting on the penalty decision and what happened after, Tindall said: “Those moments can quite easily go against you. At the time, I felt Nick got a touch on the ball. I was surprised when the penalty was given, but I've not really been able to see that back clear enough to make a real honest assessment of that.

“But, as you say, Nick gave it away, and then he obviously made a good save from the penalty.

“Just credit to the players. Any type of setback we've had in the past, they've always responded in the right way. Again, tonight, it could have quite easily gone the other way, but they've stepped up, they've responded in the right way, and delivered a really good performance.”

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Newcastle have recorded six wins on the bounce, but the last two have come without manager Eddie Howe after he was admitted to hospital on Friday with pneumonia. Tindall will remain in charge for Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa.

“Full credit to players, staff, everybody. As I said on the weekend, the fans have also played their part, especially here at St James' Park. The players' attitude and mentality, the delivery of the tactical game plan has been excellent.

“To be able to go out there and execute it in the way that they have done, and to deliver the performances that they have done, to score them goals and to get those points.

We had to do the preparation last week ourselves, because obviously Eddie was in hospital, and he needed to rest and recover, so we had minimal contact, and that's been the same in preparations for this game and the remaining games.

“Whilst he's not here, as I say, the last thing Eddie needs, or wants, is the stress of having to think about football and tactics and everything else that he would need to, to try and manage from home, because that won't get him better in a quick enough period.

“We know the expectations, we know the demands, everybody, we've been working together now 17 years, so we know each other by clockwork, we know what's expected to be able to go out there and deliver performances that we pride ourselves on.”

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