Dango Ouattara had an injury-time aim controversially disallowed as Bournemouth needed to accept a degree at house to Newcastle.

The substitute powered house Lewis Prepare dinner’s nook within the 92nd minute. It appeared inconclusive whether or not it had come off his higher arm or shoulder however VAR intervened to rule it out for handball, a lot to Newcastle’s reduction.

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Ouattara’s aim is awarded on-field. The VAR overturned the choice as they deemed it to be a factual handball by Ouattara, due to this fact an on-field evaluate was not required and the aim was disallowed.

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Marcus Tavernier had earlier handed the Cherries a deserved first-half lead however the introduction of Harvey Barnes reworked the sport and it was no shock that it was his cross that enabled Anthony Gordon to fireside Newcastle degree with 14 minutes to go.

Newcastle rode their luck in seeing off Southampton 1-0 final weekend and fortune was actually on their facet on the Vitaly Stadium with Bournemouth considering that they had gained it late on just for Ouattara’s effort to be dominated out.

The hosts bossed the early levels with Semenyo hitting the bar earlier than he turned supplier after 37 minutes, robbing Joelinton after which surging into the realm and crossing for Tavernier to fit previous Nick Pope on the far put up.

The second half continued in comparable vogue with Newcastle providing little in assault. Semenyo was the standout participant and the previous Bristol Metropolis winger nearly created a second aim after 63 minutes with one other low cross that new arrival Evanilson simply failed to show house.

Barnes, a 58th-minute substitute for the ineffective Jacob Murphy, gave Newcastle a leading edge beforehand missing and he fired a left-foot shot narrowly huge 9 minutes after approaching.

Barnes then crossed for Joelinton to go on aim with solely a wise cease from Neto conserving the hassle out.

The previous Leicester Metropolis winger did create the equaliser, although, with one other good supply from the left flank and Gordon was available to show the ball in on the far put up with Neto flapping.

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Alex Scott and Semenyo got here near restoring Bournemouth’s benefit nearly instantly whereas, on the different finish, Neto did effectively to maintain out Bruno Guimaraes’ curling shot.

It seemed like the house facet had run out of concepts however one final effort resulted in a robust run from Semenyo and a Luis Sinisterra shot palmed over from Pope.

Prepare dinner swung over the ensuing nook and Ouattara confirmed the best need to make contact with the ball flying into the web.

There have been few protests from the Newcastle defenders however VAR got here to their rescue.