Newcastle were awarded a 'harsh' penalty after an intervention by the video assistant referee against Tottenham . Rodrigo Bentancur was judged to have fouled Dan Burn in the area as he stopped his run, while not looking at the ball.

Thomas Bramall pointed to the spot after being handed a second look by VAR, having initially not blown his whistle over the incident. Anthony Gordon then converted the resultant spotkick to hand Newcastle a late lead at St James' Park.

Premier League match centre explained: "After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of no penalty to Newcastle United. Referee announcement: 'After review, Tottenham number 30 makes a holding offence at the back post and clearly does not look at the ball. My final decision is penalty kick.'"

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