Newcastle United defender Dan Burn believes Kai Havertz was lucky to avoid a red card for his 'naughty' challenge during the defeat at Chelsea. The German international was booked despite elbowing the centre-back in the face during the first-half aerial duel in a collision which left the 29-year-old requiring treatment.
Havertz would go on to score the only goal of the contest on Sunday afternoon, latching on to Jorginho's long pass and expertly dispatching past Martin Dubravka. It was a defeat which marked the end of the Magpies' nine-match unbeaten run in the Premier League, and Burn believes he would have been dismissed had the foul been 'the other way around'.
He told NUFC TV: "I thought it was a sending off. I can guarantee if it was the other way around, I wouldn't have been on the pitch.
