Alan Shearer was left far from happy after Brentford were awarded a penalty in the final moments of the first half in their clash against Newcastle. Toon striker Alexander Isak was adjudged to have fouled Rico Henry, and Ivan Toney put the ball home from the spot to send Brentford into the interval one-nil up.
The decision to reward Brentford a spot-kick came about after video assistant referee Darren England instructed the on-field ref, Christopher Kavanagh to go to the pitchside monitor. Kavanagh took a look at several replays before pointing to the spot. It seemed to take an eternity for the officials to make a decision for what appeared very limited contact.
Toon legend Shearer slammed the decision: "Never ever clear and obvious. Another long wait. Having said that it’s s*** decision, Newcastle have been poor in that first half also."
