Alan Shearer slams controversial late PSG penalty towards Newcastle

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer led a bunch of pundits left enraged and baffled on the awarding of a controversial late penalty to PSG as they denied Eddie Howe’s facet a well-known away win within the Champions League. 

Newcastle had been minutes from a 1-0 victory within the French capital after Alexander Isak’s first-half strike, which might have seen Eddie Howe’s facet transfer to second within the group.

The hosts got the possibility to attract degree from the spot after Tino Livramento was adjudged to have dealt with within the field, after the ball hit his chest after which struck elbow. 

Kylian Mbappe dispatched the ensuing penalty to safe a 1-1 draw, with the consequence leaving PSG’s hopes of reaching the knock-out stage in their very own arms.

Shearer blasted the choice on social media, posting ‘Do me a f*****g favour man. What a load of s***. #VAR’.

‘How on earth is {that a} penalty for PSG. Ludicrous,’ tweeted Match of the Day host Gary Lineker. 

‘What a joke. VAR !! Referee completely bottled it. Disgraceful resolution makes you surprise why we trouble,’ posted Jeff Stelling, the previous host of Sky Sport’s long-running outcomes service Soccer Saturday.

Ex-Liverpool striker Stan Collymore blasted the usage of VAR in making the choice, tweeting ‘VAR, please die.’

TNT co-commentator Ally McCoist claimed ‘we might as will surrender the sport’ because the Rangers legend expressed frustration on the awarding of the penalty.

McCoist insisted that the choice was ‘bordering on theft’ for Howe’s Newcastle facet.

‘That’s a shambles. Honestly it isn’t on. Dembele performs it and it hits his chest after which comes off his left elbow,’ McCoist stated.

‘If that is a penalty kick we are chucking it, we may as well give up the game. That is nonsense, nonsense.

‘It is never a penalty. The referee has been excellent up until now but how can you give that.

‘It is bordering on robbery, it really is. Eddie Howe‘s boys have worked their socks off from start to finish and then I think it is a really poor decision from the official, who had been really good.’

Referee Szymon Marciniak, who oversaw the last year’s World Cup final and the 2023 Champions League final, had also been praised for his performance by former Newcastle midfielder Jermaine Jenas prior to the penalty decision.

Jenas, however, claimed Marciniak had caved to the pressure of the PSG players when he eventually decided to award the penalty.

‘I think it’s a shocker. The referee had such a good game but he’s caved really,’ Jenas said.

‘For that to happen, in that moment like that, after Newcastle performed the way they did, it doesn’t feel right. It’s a bitter pill to swallow.’

Jenas claimed Newcastle players will feel ‘cheated’ by the result, which denied them a famous win and seriously damaged their hopes of reaching the knock-out stages.

‘When you look at that decision there, it is one of the most disgraceful decisions I have seen in a long, long time,’ Jenas added.

‘I’m fuming, I actually am. There is that feeling that you’ve got been cheated.

‘As a participant when you’ve got been on the market, they put every little thing into that recreation.

‘It needs to be a type of historic wins that leads them into this final recreation towards AC Milan, however they’ve been robbed, completely robbed.’

Newcastle stay third within the Champions League group forward of the ultimate spherical of matches, with Howe’s facet two factors adrift of PSG.

PSG journey to face group leaders Borussia Dortmund of their ultimate match with the German facet already assured of a spot within the last-16.

Newcastle will host AC Milan on December 13 with Howe’s facet needing a favour from Dortmund.