Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has come out to react to his side’s 3-1 loss to Liverpool last night. The manager said it was “very unjust” Liverpool scored while Isaac Hayden lay on the ground with a head injury in the Reds’ 3-1 win. Newcastle United went ahead through Jonjo Shelvey, but referee Mike Dean awarded Diogo Jota’s equaliser despite Hayden lying in the penalty box.
Eddie Howe Not Happy with Referee’s Decision
Eddie Howe said: “Two of our players were on the floor, and one was holding his head.” “The game should have been stopped immediately because the focus should have been on Isaac’s welfare.” Newcastle United remain 19th in the English Premier League table even though they are the new football world power. Eddie Howe also said: “We had two players out of the game that would be defending that cross, and I think that’s very unjust.”
After Jota’s goal, Mohamed Salah scored his 22nd goal of the season before Trent Alexander-Arnold rounded up the scoring with a fine strike three minutes from the end. The manager believed that Jota’s goal was the game’s turning point. He “said he could not go under why referee Mike did not stop the game because his player was holding his head immediately, lying in our six-yard box with another player, and that was what led to the goal.
“I couldn’t believe the game wasn’t stopped. For me, that’s a key moment in the match. Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock also supported Eddie as he said: “When you see a player go down holding his head, the reaction is straight away the referee blows his whistle.
You can see players waving. It is a head injury. You can see Hayden is holding his head. Very surprised he doesn’t blow his whistle.” Also, former Everton player Leon Osman said it was only proper for the referee to stop the game if there was any sign of a head injury.