Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: Ange Postecoglou left 'angriest he's ever been' as handball rules explained

An apoplectic Ange Postecoglou admitted that helium was the "angriest" helium has ever been aft a lucifer pursuing Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 location loss to Newcastle United successful the Premier League.

The Lilywhites were condemned to their 3rd nonaccomplishment from 4 top-flight games astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, wherever Dominic Solanke's opener was cancelled retired by Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak successful the archetypal half.

Tottenham came into the lunchtime kickoff ravaged by injuries and an unwellness bug which had swept done the camp, forcing Postecoglou to manus 25-year-old goalkeeper Brandon Austin his archetypal quality for the nine and to deploy Djed Spence and Archie Gray arsenic the second-half cardinal pairing.

The Lilywhites performed valiantly successful the 2nd fractional but recovered themselves connected the incorrect extremity of immoderate arguable decisions implicit the people of the game, though Postecoglou did not straight telephone retired referee Andy Madley oregon VAR authoritative Chris Kavanagh.

However, the Australian hinted successful a furious post-match property league that helium was seething astatine the calls that went against his side, saying: "Considering everything we had to spell done and the concern we are successful close present to enactment connected a show similar that, I instrumentality my chapeau disconnected to the players. I thought they were outstanding.

"I'm conscionable really, truly angry, angriest I deliberation I person ever been successful my vocation that they were denied the close rewards for a fantastic performance. On a just and adjacent playing ground, we would person won that game."

Which cardinal incidents went against Tottenham successful Newcastle loss?

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Both connected the transportation and disconnected the pitch, Postecoglou does not wantonness his principles, whether it beryllium mounting up his Tottenham broadside to onslaught nary substance what oregon refusing to straight remark connected questionable officiating incidents.

One specified arguable occurrence came successful the build-up to Gordon's equaliser, wherever Spurs midfielder Lucas Bergvall lunged to clasp possession of the ball, which deflected disconnected the manus of Joelinton.

That involution triggered the onslaught that led to Gordon's leveller, and the Premier League Match Centre explained successful a societal media connection that the extremity was allowed to basal arsenic Joelinton was not deemed to person deliberately handled the ball.

As a result, Kavanagh's presumption of the incidental was successful enactment with IFAB laws, which states that a extremity tin lone beryllium ruled retired for a non-deliberate handball if the shot struck the manus oregon limb of the scorer themselves, not different subordinate successful the build-up.

Had Kavanagh decided that Joelinton deliberately handled the ball, past the extremity would person been disallowed, but arsenic his limb was deemed to person been by his side, helium saw nary crushed to chalk disconnected Gordon's effort.

Later connected successful the archetypal half, Newcastle's Dan Burn escaped a 2nd yellowish paper aft stopping a Spurs onslaught with a handball, earlier Tino Livramento escaped giving distant a punishment aboriginal successful the 2nd play aft the shot struck his hand.

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