‘Feeling of injustice’: Howe speaks out as Newcastle contact league over referees

  • Manager refers to ‘disbelief’ over decisions in Newcastle games
  • Howe questions whether his team’s fixture schedule is fair

Newcastle United have written to the Premier League requesting “clarity” regarding a series of recent contentious refereeing decisions which have gone against them during defeats against Manchester City, Liverpool and Leicester City.

At Leicester a penalty was awarded against Eddie Howe’s side despite Brendan Rodgers’ midfielder James Maddison appearing to have initiated the contact; Diogo Jota scored for Liverpool at a moment when Newcastle’s Isaac Hayden was down with a head injury; and last Sunday against City, Ederson seemed to clearly foul Newcastle’s Ryan Fraser but no penalty was awarded.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/23/eddie-howe-newcastle-contact-premier-league-over-referees-feeling-of-injustice

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