Furious Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham would have beaten Newcastle on ‘fair and even playing ground’
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Newcastle’s equaliser came through a Joelinton handball as Postecoglou said his side deserved to win. A fuming Ange Postecoglou said his depleted Tottenham side would have beaten Newcastle had the match taken place on a “an even and fair playing ground” after the visitors scored a controversial equaliser in their 2-1 win.
Spurs remain with just one win in eight Premier League games after Newcastle came from behind to climb into fifth in the table. The hosts were without several first-team players due to illness or injury and were forced to field a second-choice defence and third-choice goalkeeper, but battled well and had chances to claim a point late on.
Postecoglou said he was “proud” of his team’s “outstanding” efforts but was furious with Newcastle’s equaliser in the first half, which came just two minutes and 20 seconds after Dominic Solanke’s early opener. Tottenham lost possession playing out from defence but the ball struck Newcastle midfielder Joelinton’s hand in the build-up as Anthony Gordon went on to score.
The incident was reviewed by VAR and the Premier League Match Centre explained that Joelinton’s arm was “by his side, in a natural position and the contact was accidental”. Postecoglou was further aggrieved when potential handballs from Tino Livramento in the box and Dan Burn, who was on a yellow card, went unpunished.
