Football fans split after huge Premier League controversy in Tottenham vs Newcastle
Football fans split after huge Premier League controversy in Tottenham vs Newcastle
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Football fans were divided after Joelinton appeared to handle the ball just before Newcastle's equaliser against Tottenham on Saturday. The game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium started in electric fashion as Dominic Solanke put an injury-ravaged Spurs in front with a brilliant diving header from Pedro Porro's cross in the fourth minute.
Just two minutes later Newcastle were level after Gordon fired a shot into the far corner from Bruno Guimaraes' pass, though Spurs players were fuming after claiming Joelinton had handled just before supplying the ball to Guimaraes. Tottenham were guilty of sloppy play while passing out from the back and Bergvall attempted to get rid of a loose ball, only to smash it against the hand of Joelinton. However, the referee refused to chalk off the goal despite the protests as the Brazilian's hands were by his sides.
There was a mixed reaction to the decision, with many insisting it was "ball to hand" and that Joelinton could do little about it given how fast the ball was travelling. "There's nothing he can do to get out way BUT if that all happened inside the box it would've been ruled out I feel," a supporter wrote on Twitter.
Another pointed out that rules had been tweaked in the Premier League, with only the goalscorer penalised for accidental handballs this season. But others claimed Newcastle would not have been able to score without the ball hitting his hand and said it should have been ruled out.
