ALAN SHEARER has hailed referee Stuart Attwell after Bruno Guimaraes escaped purple in opposition to Arsenal.
Guimaraes was lucky to remain on the pitch when his flailing elbow struck the pinnacle of Jorginho throughout Newcastle’s win over the Gunners.
Alan Shearer has praised Stuart Attwell for not sending Bruno Guimaraes off in opposition to ArsenalCredit score: Getty
Guimaraes charged down Jorginho with a raised arm
The Newcastle midfielder’s elbow struck the again of the pinnacle of the Arsenal man
The Brazilian midfielder had mistimed a deal with simply moments earlier than and after getting as much as make amends he appeared to shove his arm into the again of Jorginho’s head.
The choice was checked by VAR, however in the end nothing was given and the Magpies star man was capable of proceed with out a lot as a yellow card.
And it could appear even Newcastle legend Shearer thought Guimaraes was fortunate to not be dismissed as he appeared to joke in regards to the referee in a put up on X, previously Twitter.
The England hero posted: “Nicely carried out Ref. You’re the person.”
Whereas different followers watching the sport have been incensed on the officers determination to permit Guimaraes to proceed with out punishment.
One wrote: “He’s so fortunate to nonetheless be on the pitch. I don’t perceive why VAR didn’t give a purple for that.”
Whereas one other added: “Clearest purple of the season.”
A 3rd commented: “That’s a purple daily.”
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One fan prompt that Arsenal will obtain an apology from the PGMOL within the coming days for the choice.
They wrote: “Can’t watch for the apology lads!”
It was a feisty affair at St James’ Park with a wild Kai Havertz lunge sparking the sport into life – main to 3 Newcastle gamers seeing yellow within the area of some minutes.
However regardless of treading on eggshells the Magpies have been capable of recover from the road and wound up as 1-0 winners.
It’s the primary time that the Gunners have tasted defeat within the league this season and leaves their bitter rivals Tottenham as the one Premier League membership nonetheless unbeaten this time period.
Anthony Gordon scored the sport’s solely purposeCredit score: Reuters