Newcastle fans yesterday were left dismayed and frustrated when they conceded a late goal which sent them back to Newcastle with just one point after a spirited display. However, they’re fuming over the late goal, as it came after the four minutes of added time that was added, and they’re all blaming the referee Graham Scott.
90+3' – GOAL – Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Willy Boly) Newcastle United 1 #NUFC
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) February 11, 2019
Whilst the Newcastle United Twitter account has got the goal down as being in the 93rd minute, Sky Sports and plenty of others have got the time right as it actually went in after 95 minutes. As you can imagine, that’s left the Geordies fuming at why the game continued to go on even though all of the added time had been played.
The reasoning for it though will be because Rafa Benitez opted to make a late substitution as he brought Ayoze Perez off for Javier Manquillo in the 91st minute. That change will have forced Scott into adding on a further minute to counteract Benitez’s efforts to run down the clock. However, the Magpies are having none of it and will be fuming with the result until they can get another win under their belts.
You can read the Magpies’ thoughts on the late goal here:
https://twitter.com/SmilleyDragon/status/1095078095575543811
https://twitter.com/davybromley/status/1095078884649943040
Can the ref not tell the time. 4 minutes of injury time. Wolves score just short of 95 minutes. Disgraceful.
— GrannyM (@grannym1958) February 11, 2019
Complete joke! Robbed of 3 points tonight! Almost 1 minute over, ref wanna be sacked!
— T. Louise (@Malibu_makeup01) 11 February 2019
https://twitter.com/Captain_Retro/status/1095078557892661248
It was 90+5 by the way…….
— Greyshrike (@greyshrike2) February 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/Nufcfan164/status/1095083162856763393
95 minutes – overtime – simply bad refereeing
— deano (@dkl5341) February 11, 2019
The Geordies cannot understand how the referee had let the game go on, however, when they look at it with some perspective they’ll understand that Graham Scott made the right call.
