Eddie Howe in disagreement with Manchester United star over Newcastle United incident
Jacob Ramsey was controversially sent off during Newcastle United’s 2-1 win over Manchester United.
Newcastle United clinched a dramatic 2-1 victory over Manchester United, despite playing over 45 minutes with 10 men.
With the scoreline still at 0-0, referee Peter Bankes controversially showed Jacob Ramsey a second yellow card after the midfielder was deemed to have dived under a challenge from goalkeeper Senne Lammens.
Ramsey’s red card came at the start of first-half stoppage time but the drama didn’t end there as Anthony Gordon’s penalty gave the Magpies the lead before Casemiro levelled things up before half-time.
Gordon was fouled by Bruno Fernandes in the box before stepping up from the spot to beat Lammens. Fernandes then quickly redeemed himself with a free-kick delivery that was headed in by Casemiro.
The Magpies battled hard in the second-half and were ultimately rewarded for their efforts with a stunning strike from substitute Will Osula in the 90th minute. The victory ended a run of three straight Premier League defeats at St James’ Park.
Eddie Howe delighted with NUFC reaction after going down to 10 men
Howe said: “Yeah, a massive win for us. I think we needed it, we know we needed it. It's been a tough run for us in the Premier League. I think some of our performances haven't been too bad in recent games, but we've found a way to lose games when we maybe shouldn't have done.
“And today we've started the game really well and then of course we get a red card. It would have been an easy feeling for the lads to adopt that I feel sorry for ourselves, here we go again.
“And that's the biggest compliment I can give the lads, they've really stood up in that second half and they've all given more, they've all believed that we can win the game.
“So a brilliant end to the game, it's one of the best emotions I think I've felt and I'm sure a lot of people will say the same. But also, we haven't done that enough and hopefully that's a goal we've played quite a bit because I think we'll deserve it.”
Eddie Howe can’t hide his frustration at NUFC red card
Howe would have felt aggrieved had his side not come away with three points after refuting suggestions that Ramsey dived.
“I thought very iffy, in my opinion, I don't think Jacob's gone down to simulate or mislead the referee in any way,” Howe said. “I think he's maybe anticipating contact, it doesn't calm him, he loses his footing.
“I think you've got to be really careful before changing the game in that way like the referee did and sort of ruin the game to a degree as a spectacle, although maybe not from our side at the end because we got the result we wanted, but the game was very different, a lot slower. I thought he was a poor decision personally.”
Manchester United star agrees with Jacob Ramsey red card
Lammens, however, believes Bankes reached the right call.
He said: “I didn’t feel any contact, I don’t think it was a foul. He was looking for the contact, I was holding myself in and I think the ref made the right decision.
"That is always a bad feeling to lose, just in general today was not our day. It was nowhere near good enough. We scored our goal just before half-time and it was really important to give us a good feeling going into half time.
"When we step out on the pitch for the second half it needs to be better, I think our mentality needs to be better. In every aspect it was not our game today.
"I’m not sure what we were lacking. Every team has those games, but you can’t put it like that you always have to perform, especially here.
"Heading into half-time we had a pretty good feeling because we scored and playing against 10 men you want to finish it off, we couldn’t get our rhythm going and we need to learn a lot from this."