Premier League make announcement about controversial Newcastle incident vs Bournemouth
The Premier League have announced why Will Osula’s goal was allowed to stand as he equalised for Newcastle United against Bournemouth at St James’ Park.
Osula thought he had been denied his fourth league goal of the campaign as the offside flag went up after he raced through on goal and dispatched past Djordje Petrovic to score.
Newcastle were desperate for an equaliser against the Cherries in the latter stages of the game, and the goal was soon allowed to stand after a VAR check.
Osula has now scored two goals in as many league games to show why Eddie Howe is right to pick him over Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa.
Newcastle failed to win the match, though, as Adrien Truffert scored late on to hand Bournemouth all three points, seemingly leaving Howe even closer to the sack.
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The Premier League Match Centre has revealed, via X, that the goal was given because of “clear evidence” that Bournemouth’s number nine, Evanilson, played the ball forward into the Dane’s path.
He was challenging Bruno Guimaraes for the ball in the centre of the park before getting in front of his compatriot and poking it forward to Osula.
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Evanilson will have been left red-faced by the error that left his side level, but his blushes were spared after Truffert’s late winner that moved the Cherries up to eighth place.
What are the odds of Andoni Iraola replacing Howe at Newcastle?
This was the first game for Bournemouth since Iraola announced that he is set to leave the club at the end of the season to take on a new challenge.
It currently remains unclear where he will end up for next season, with sources recently revealing to Football Insider that Crystal Palace are keen on Iraola to replace the outgoing Oliver Glasner.
Newcastle could well be after a new manager soon, and a top UK bookmaker has priced Iraola as the 5/1 favourite to be their next boss after Howe.
He leads the likes of Jose Mourinho (6/1), Roberto Mancini, Oliver Glasner and Marco Silva (all 16/1) in the current market.