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Kieran King

Why Aleksandar Mitrovic wasn't allowed to retake Fulham penalty at Newcastle

Aleksandar Mitrovic squandered the chance to give Fulham the lead at Newcastle after his penalty was disallowed - before Magpies punished their former striker to win 1-0.

The 28-year-old was handed the chance to score his 12th Premier League goal of the season from the spot after Bobby Decordova-Reid was hacked down. It was an even affair up until the penalty as Marco Silva's side were given a huge opportunity to open the scoring.

Mitrovic thought he had netted the spot-kick, only for referee Robert Jones to disallow the goal. This was because the forward touched the ball twice before his effort flew beyond a hapless Nick Pope. The Serbian slipped, and after striking with his right foot first, the ball then cannoned off his left boot before going in.

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