VAR took centre stage again as Newcastle opened the scoring against West Ham on the return of Premier League action.
led at St James' Park through an Alexander Isak penalty, but there were questions asked over whether the spot kick should have stood due to offside againstGordon was fouled in the penalty area by Coufal, but many fans argued the Newcastle man should have been flagged for offsideA penalty was initially awarded by referee Robert Jones after Gordon was scythed down in the area by a clumsy Vladimir Coufal, but Isak had to wait to take his kick due to a lengthy VAR check.
It appeared the winger was indeed in an offside position on the far left side of the box, but the ball did not travel his way from Schar's boot. Officials deemed Mavropanos' touch to be a deliberate action, and therefore Gordon was not given offside despite being a shoulder clear of the Hammers' defensive line.
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