Manchester City beat Newcastle United 2-1 on Saturday night to move two points behind Arsenal in the Premier League.
Eddie Howe gestures during Newcastle United's defeat to Manchester City
Eddie Howe gestures during Newcastle United's defeat to Manchester City(Image: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)
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Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has said he will 'seek clarification' after Dan Burn's goal was ruled out during Manchester City's 2-1 win on Saturday night. The Blues opened the scoring inside 15 minutes when Nico O'Reilly fired in from the edge of the area. Against the run of play, the Magpies pulled level thanks to Lewis Hall's deflected effort.
City restored their advantage on 27 minutes as Erling Haaland's cross was met by O'Reilly. Newcastle thought they had equalised again when Burn beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to a free kick. But replays showed the defender was in an offside position.
Shortly before the free kick leading to the disallowed goal was taken, Burn was pushed into the offside position by Ruben Dias. When asked about the incident in his press conference, Howe replied: "I don’t know about that rule.
"I haven't seen the push, so if that is the case, then I'll seek clarification." While Newcastle may challenge the decision, Howe did not want to blame the officials for the defeat. "I only saw it from the viewpoint that I thought he was offside so I didn't see the push because I'm looking at a still frame really," he added.
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"I don't think we were on the right end of the decisions today, but I don't want to go down that road. I'm not one of those managers that wants to continually criticise officials, but I thought again it was one we probably didn’t get the right end of the decisions."
City's win moved them two points behind Arsenal in the Premier League. The Gunners will go five points clear again if they beat Tottenham on Sunday.
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