"Alright, the referee had added three minutes of stoppage time. That was both standard and reasonable."
"Of course, we can see a bald man hopping and gesticulating in front of the fourth official. Guardiola was probably complaining that there wasn't enough added time."
"His feelings are understandable."
"After all, Manchester City had spent most of this season at the top of the table. Only Arsenal had spent enough time there to rival them. But now, Manchester City were about to be knocked out of the Premier League title race a round early. That was truly hard to accept."
"But in my view, that might not be a bad thing. Perhaps it would allow Manchester City to go all out in the Europa League and FA Cup and achieve better results."
"Let's look at this attack. Manchester City passed the ball around continuously... He's in! Lima dribbled into Newcastle's penalty area... He went down! Lima and Sasso made contact, and Lima went down!"
"A penalty! The referee awarded a penalty!"
"Unbelievable! Manchester City had been given a chance to equalize against Newcastle!"
"Oh my god! Who would have thought Manchester City would actually seize this opportunity in the Premier League title race? If this penalty went in, Newcastle would be eliminated from the final round of the Premier League title battle!"
"For this young Newcastle side, it was an enormous blow, even though they had already exceeded all expectations this season."
Inside the stadium, the Newcastle players were worked up.
Sasso, the player involved, went to the referee and repeatedly insisted that he had not touched Lima.
But how could Manchester City's players let Sasso talk nonsense? They surrounded the referee, preventing Newcastle from putting direct pressure on him.
Lima had even picked up the ball and stood at the penalty