‘I was thinking, wow’: Callum Wilson reveals what Manchester United player told him on the pitch against Newcastle
Callum Wilson has weighed in on the decision not to award a penalty to Newcastle United against Manchester United on Sunday.
The game ended 0-0, but Wilson told the BBC’s Footballers’ Football Podcast that he thought he should have had a penalty kick in the first half.
Wilson was knocked down by Raphael Varane’s challenge, but no penalty was given, and the striker has spoken out about the situation.
He said: “It’s actually getting embarrassing [refereeing decisions]. I was waiting for a goal kick in our game and I don’t even want to get started on the decisions in our game.
“But one of the United players says to me ‘what’s happened to the standard of referees in this country’. I was thinking wow. That’s from a foreign player saying that and they’ve not experienced that before.
“I got wiped out and the defenders from their team are saying that should have been a penalty. I don’t even appeal now because I’m that fed up of going mad at referees.
“If it’s going to be a penalty and the ref has missed it you’re thinking VAR is going to do its job, so I’m waiting for the ball to go out of play.
“Then I say to him ‘ref, what you saying’. He was like ‘it’s never a penalty’. And I was thinking why am I wasting my time here. They were basically trying to say I was going through a gap that wasn’t there.”
Newcastle’s next game is tonight at home against Everton, where they can get back to winning ways after Sunday’s draw.
Wilson will be looking to score, something he has only done once since August in a season marred by injuries yet again.
The Magpies may be disappointed that they did not take all three points at Old Trafford, but it is a sign of their progress under Eddie Howe.
‘I was thinking, wow’: Callum Wilson reveals what Manchester United player told him on the pitch against Newcastle
