Aston Villa star furious with what Newcastle United man did - this is a big claim
Newcastle United defender Sven Botman was accused by Aston Villa striker Nicolas Jackson of almost breaking his leg.
Aston Villa striker Nicolas Jackson has claimed Sven Botman nearly broke his leg during Newcastle United’s 1-0 defeat.
Botman was subject to a VAR check in the 18th minute after lunging into a tackle on the Senegalese international but fortunately escaped with a yellow card.
A statement from the Premier League Match Centre confirmed: “#NEWAVL – 17’ The referee’s call of yellow card to Botman for the challenge on Jackson was checked and confirmed by VAR.
“REF: “I think it's reckless. Even though you get a touch on the ball, it's still reckless”.
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On the incident, Jackson said: "I'm good. I know the referee said yellow card but it was so high and hopefully maybe next time a red card, but it was a yellow.
“I nearly broke my leg but anyway it's part of football. The most important thing is we win and we won so I'm OK and he [Manzambi] is OK."
Villa went to take the lead later in the first half through Johan Manzambi, and that proved to be the winner as Matthias Jaissle’s side suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats after Monday’s 4-1 loss at Coventry City.
The Magpies have now gone 16 league matches at St James’ Park without keeping a clean sheet.
"It was a difficult game,” Jackson added. “We know St James' Park is very difficult to play but we got three points and we're very happy to win here."