"Obviously, we've got the benefit of replays on the bench, and you can see what's right and what's wrong, and we agreed in that first period that every decision was going against us. The officials don't make any decision on purpose, it's just what they think at the time, but without VAR, I thought there were a lot of errors today."
"Once the decision is made and it seems like there is no way back, there's nothing you can do. You've got to move on quite quickly, although all through that half, it seemed like I was debating a referee decision. That's not me, I don't do that, but I felt there were so many going against us. Today, it makes sense why VAR is necessary. To help the referees."
Newcastle United recovered from a half-time deficit to beat Aston Villa 3-1 in the FA Cup, with Sandro Tonali scoring twice and Nick Woltemade adding a late goal. Tammy Abraham opened the scoring, but goalkeeper Marco Bizot received a straight red just before halftime after fouling Jacob Murphy. Several contentious on-field refereeing decisions went against Newcastle, including the allowed offside Villa goal and an unpunished Digne handball, because VAR is not used until the fifth round. Eddie Howe criticized the number of errors without VAR and suggested referees have become overly reliant on the technology.
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