Newcastle United Vs. Manchester United: Peter Lovenkrands Denied Penalty

Peter Lovenkrands has been denied a clear penalty for Newcastle at St. James' Park, and that's going to be a major talking point after the game. The striker was being shepharded around the edge of the box by Patrice Evra and Chris Smalling only for Anderson to race back and give him a fairly hefty kick to the left shin, getting none of the ball in the progress. It would have been a stupid, pointless penalty to give away, but it was still a penalty nonetheless. Mistake from Lee Probert there, I think.

Still, it's a good sign from Newcastle, who've since engineered a couple of good opportunities, from which Lovenkrands has nodded over the crossbar twice. It's certainly better than the early stages of the half, during which all of the play was taking place in and around Tim Krul's penalty area. That said, Javier Hernandez gave them a scare just now, only just failing to latch onto the end of a long ball forward before Krul managed to come out and claim.