Steve Cooper and Jason Tindall were summoned to the referee's office at half-time of Newcastle United's 2-1 win against Nottingham Forest because there had been 'too much complaining'.
There were 13 fouls in the first half, alone, during Friday night's fiery clash at the City Ground and Forest felt Andre Ayew had been brought down in the build-up to Alexander Isak's equaliser just before half-time. Both benches were not exactly shy when it came to contesting such decisions and referee Paul Tierney called Forest boss Cooper and Newcastle assistant Tindall into his office at the break.
However, there was so much at stake for both clubs, at opposite ends of the table, and the second half was just as ferocious and hotly contested, with Elliot Anderson controversially having a goal ruled out midway through the second half. Jonjo Shelvey, with tongue firmly in cheek, even went as far as to call his former side 'whingebags' on a night Isak ultimately won the game for the visitors with a 93rd-minute penalty.
