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Newcastle United played the second half of their clash with Aston Villa at St James’ Park without Jason Tindall on the sidelines.
A feisty first half saw Newcastle United head into the break one-goal ahead courtesy of a brilliant early strike by Anthony Gordon. It was an electric start with an electric atmosphere at St James’ Park between two teams with European aspirations.
That atmosphere only increased when Jhon Duran was shown a red card by Anthony Taylor for a stamp on Fabian Schar. Taylor took his time to assess the situation before showing a red card to the Colombian.
Frustrated at that decision, Duran then threw a water bottle off the floor as Unai Emery, his staff and players contested the decision. Those tensions reached boiling point as the half time whistle blew with Taylor being booed off the pitch by Villa supporters up in Level 7.
And a clash between the two sets of coaching staff in the tunnel during the break resulted in Taylor dishing out a red card apiece with Tindall and a Villa analyst being given their marching orders.
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