Neil Warnock gives verdict on Chelsea v Newcastle controversies

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Neil Warnock gave his verdict on two major decisions made in the Premier League game between Chelsea and Newcastle United. The first incident saw Chelsea’s Kai Havertz catch Dan Burn on the head with an elbow. Some fans thought the German should’ve been sent off.

Warnock also believed the Blues player should’ve been shown a red card. He told talkSPORT, “In that particular case I thought he knew what he was doing.

“I thought he could’ve bust his jaw if it had been hit any harder.”

Warnock also felt the referee was wrong to not award Newcastle a penalty

The second decision was arguably more controversial and more of a clear and obvious mistake missed. Jacob Murphy had his shirt held by Trevor Chalobah, the Newcastle man then went to ground.

Instead, the referee decided to give the Magpies a corner. Leaving the players and some fans absolutely furious, many questioned where was VAR?

Warnock also thought that it was a clear penalty.

He stated, “I had the other Murphy with me and they could fall easily, but that is a stonewall penalty.”

Those two decisions definitely changed the outcome of the game. Firstly Havertz went on to score the winner for Chelsea, he arguably shouldn’t have been on the pitch.

Secondly, had the Toon been given the penalty, they could well have taken the lead. Perhaps Newcastle may have left Stamford Bridge with all three points.

However, there were plenty of positives from the performance. For one the Magpies played very well and contained Chelsea for the majority of the match.

Their unbeaten run in 2022 may now be over, but it’s been great for belief. Newcastle will definitely be confident heading into another away trip, this time against Everton.

They’ll be hoping to have more players available selection. Many players were out but Eddie Howe was able to utilize his fringe players well against Chelsea.

A performance similar to the one against the Blues and they should be able to handle the Toffees. Everton are in a very poor run of form under Frank Lampard. Howe’s side won 3-1 as the ex-Chelsea man took charge of his first match in charge of Everton.