´It´s never a penalty´ – Spurs boss Frank frustrated by awarding of spot-kick in Newcastle draw

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank lamented the choice to award Newcastle United a penalty through the 2-2 draw at St James’ Park.

The 2 sides shared the spoils following an entertaining finish to the conflict, which noticed all 4 objectives scored inside the ultimate 20 minutes.

Tottenham twice got here from behind because of a Cristian Romero brace, with the Spurs skipper’s second aim snatching a last-gasp level courtesy of an acrobatic effort.

Nevertheless, that got here after Newcastle regained the lead by way of a controversial Anthony Gordon penalty, following a VAR assessment that deemed Rodrigo Bentancur to have tugged Dan Burn’s shirt within the field.

It was a choice that left Frank removed from comfortable, although he praised his aspect’s dedication to earn a degree.

“It’s an absolute mistake by VAR,” he mentioned. “It’s by no means a penalty.

“We would like the ref [to make] calls on the pitch; to help that, it will possibly solely be a transparent and apparent mistake. In my view, there are 10 of these a sport.

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“It says rather a lot concerning the mentality of the group. It’s been a troublesome week, coming right here after 4 video games in 10 days towards a great Newcastle group.

“We suffered within the first 25 minutes. The way in which the group dealt with two setbacks confirmed rather a lot concerning the character of the group, which I like.”

Tottenham did, nonetheless, halt a run of three straight defeats in all competitions.

Kevin Danso additionally hailed the character demonstrated by Spurs, whereas paying tribute to “world-class” defensive accomplice Romero following his double.

Certainly, Romero scored his first Premier League objectives since August 2024 towards Everton, and first away from dwelling since September 2023 at Burnley, the primary of which was with what was Spurs’ first shot on track on this match.

In his 199th look in Europe’s big-five leagues, the Argentine additionally scored greater than as soon as in a sport for the primary time.

“It was a troublesome match, it’s at all times troublesome to return to St James’ Park, and it’s at all times robust away from dwelling,” Danso mentioned. “We confirmed the mentality that we had been engaged on all through the season.

“We’re simply going to maintain pushing on. We simply must maintain that mentality.”

On Romero, Danso added: “He at all times leads by instance. [He] scored two crucial objectives; the second was a really good aim. He confirmed once more as we speak what a world-class defender he’s.”