Arsenal had to overcome some baffling refereeing decisions at St James’ Park once again to secure a late victory courtesy of Gabriel Magalhaes. It has almost become an expectation that the Gunners will witness some odd moments while on Tyneside.

Previously, Bruno Guimaraes' forearm smashes have gone unpunished, with inconclusive camera angles supposedly unable to determine whether a ball has left the field of play, while Joelinton has been able to foul Gabriel in the box leading to a Toon goal. This time, however, despite again some questionable calls, they got the job done.

With that in mind, football.london runs through some of the major decisions from the game. Jarred Gillett is involved in what has been his fourth Arsenal match either as a referee or VAR lead in six matches.

Riccardo Calafiori towel-gate

It was certainly one of the more comical moments of the afternoon. Riccardo Calafiori, after the Gunners had won a throw-in, ready to launch a long throw into the box, spotted a towel halfway down the goalline so ran over and picked it up. However Jarred Gillett blew his whistle to berate the Italian before taking it off him and throwing it down by the...