Premier League issue official statement after Sandro Tonali incident in Newcastle United v Bournemouth
The Premier League issued a statement during Newcastle United’s 4-1 defeat against AFC Bournemouth at St James’ Park.
Dango Ouattara thought he’d made it 3-1 to the Cherries midway through the second half but VAR intervened to rule the goal out. Replays showed that the ball had gone out of play when Sandro Tonali attempted a clearance.
The Premier League Centre, which explains VAR decisions, wrote on X: “61’ VAR OVERTURN The referee’s call of goal for Bournemouth was checked by the VAR.
“As there was factual evidence that the ball was out of play in the build-up to the goal, the VAR recommended that the goal was disallowed.”
A slow start by the Magpies was punished six minutes in when Justin Kluivert was found in the penalty area unmarked to fire the ball past Martin Dubravka and into the bottom right corner.
Bruno Guimaraes dragged United level in the 25th minute after heading home Lewis Hall’s in-swinging corner but the Brazilian was soon at fault as the visitors re-took the lead. Guimaraes lost out to Ouattara from Dan Burn’s pass before Kluivert received the ball on the edge of the box to shoot and make it 2-1.
Bournemouth then ran riot in stoppage time with Kluivert completed his hat-trick before Milos Kerkez added a fourth.
Newcastle missed the opportunity the claim a 10th successive win in all competitions for the first time in their history.