Anthony Gordon’s shirt ripped as Sunderland and Newcastle tensions flare
Anthony Gordon’s shirt was ripped by Sunderland ace Trai Hume – who struggled to familiarize yourself with the Newcastle United star.
Black Cats followers gave their Premier League rivals a ferocious welcome outdoors the Stadium of Light. However, it was Eddie Howe’s facet who progressed into the fourth spherical of the FA Cup by securing a 3-0 victory over Michael Beale’s facet.
With the sport edging in the direction of an inevitable conclusion, the Championship facet tried to depart one on their rivals by grabbing maintain of them and touchdown some large tackles. One tussle between Gordon and Trai Hume ended with the latter nearly ripping the Newcastle ace’s shirt off fully.
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The England U21 worldwide gave Hume the slip by dropping a shoulder and operating in behind him to latch onto a by way of ball. Determined to not let the Everton worldwide have a free route in the direction of purpose, the Northern Irishman grabbed maintain of Gordon’s shirt and held on for pricey life.
His grip was so fierce, he managed to tear a big strip off the underside of Gordon’s shirt. Incredibly, it was the Newcastle man who obtained a yellow card, as he grabbed Hume’s arm and pushed him away, triggering an enormous confrontation on the pitch.
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After the referee broke the gamers up, Gordon approached Hume and appeared to say: “If you want my shirt you can have it after the game.” Moments after, the teen received the penalty for Newcastle’s third, when he charged down the left flank and was bundled over by central defender Daniel Ballard.
It capped off a depressing afternoon for Ballard, who additionally opened the scoring for Newcastle when he diverted a cross from Joelinton into the again of his personal internet.
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The Magpies then doubled their lead when Miguel Almiron stole the ball of the toes of Pierre Ekwah and squared the ball for Alexander Isak to attain.
From that time, Newcastle slowed the sport down and seemed to deliver their key gamers off the pitch, whereas Sunderland huffed and puffed to no avail. It was Newcastle’s first victory over Sunderland since a 1-0 away victory in 2001.
