Callum Wilson gives honest view on his disallowed goal vs Brentford

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Callum Wilson thought he had scored his 11th goal of the season against Brentford on Saturday, but was denied by VAR.

Newcastle beat Brentford 2-1 to make it five wins in a row, but it could have been a more comfortable victory. After setting up Alexander Isak, Wilson thought he had scored himself shortly after.

There were a couple of ricochets after a corner from Kieran Trippier, but the ball fell to Wilson who instinctively found the back of the net. He ran off celebrating, thinking he had made it 3-1 to the Magpies.

However, VAR intervened and ruled out the goal. They ruled that he had used his hand in the buildup, with the ball striking his arm. That was enough to chalk the goal off.

Luckily it did not matter, as Newcastle were able to hold on for victory. However, Wilson has since expressed his dismay at the decision.

Callum Wilson unhappy that his goal vs Brentford was disallowed

On the latest episode of the Footballer’s Football Podcast, Wilson addressed his disallowed goal against Brentford on Saturday.

“Don’t even get me started on this handball rule, it disallowed me on the weekend,” he said.

“It’s carnage.”

Wilson added: “My disallowed goal. It’s hit Ivan Toney then hit my arm which is sleeve up, which I believe is not handball. Then it’s bounced to me and I’ve scored. So they’ve disallowed the goal for handball, but that’s because it hit my arm after it hit Toney’s arm. So if I’m handballing it, it’s a handball on his point of view, so it’s got to be a penalty.”

Wilson has a point

The incident at the Gtech Community Stadium summed up how odd the handball rule is now. The ball appears to strike Toney high on the arm before it then hits Wilson, but it is the Newcastle player who was penalised.

Now there is no way that we should have had a penalty for the contact from Toney, yet it seems very harsh that Wilson was then subsequently pulled up for a handball.

Firstly, it looked like it hit him high enough that it was legal. Secondly, the ball just hits him. He makes no attempt to actually use his hand to gain an advantage.

It was a strange day of decisions in West London, with Newcastle conceding two first half penalties. The first was as clear as they come, but the second was much more contentious.

A spot kick was given for an alleged foul by Isak on Rico Henry, much to the anger of the Newcastle players. it was an incredibly soft decision, and one that VAR never should have got involved with.

The decision infuriated Toon legend Alan Shearer, who anticipated that Eddie Howe would be receiving an apology.

Between that and the disallowed goal, it was an odd day of decisions. We are just fortunate that we were able to pick up all three points in spite of VAR’s efforts.