Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta memorably made no bones about his anger towards match officials and VAR after the Gunners’ 1-0 loss to Newcastle,.
who should now be able to emphasise with the Spaniard after being on the wrong end of a highly questionable call at the Parc des Princes.
After Alexander Isak had silenced the Parisiens faithful in the first half, Newcastle entered backs-against-the-wall mode against Luis Enrique’s side and would seemingly hold on for
arguably their greatest-ever European victory, only for Kylian Mbappe to score from the spot eight minutes into added time following Tino Livramento’s handball.
Fans and pundits alike lambasted the decision to penalise Livramento, who could do little about the ball deflecting off his thigh and onto his elbow, but
Newcastle barely ventured out of their own half in the second 45 and left themselves at risk of late drama as PSG launched attack after attack in the French capital.
However, a return to home comforts is exactly what the doctor ordered for Howe’s dejected men, who crushed 10-man Chelsea 4-1 in the
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North East in their most recent Premier League encounter, remaining just one point behind Man United in seventh place in the process.
Each of the Magpies’ last five Premier League home games have now ended in victory for Howe’s crop, who had also kept four successive top-flight clean sheets at the
ground before Raheem Sterling’s sumptuous free kick, and two similar set-pieces in Man United’s meeting with Galatasaray saw Andre Onana make headlines for the wrong reasons again
