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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was left fuming after Paris St Germain denied Newcastle a priceless Champions League victory with a controversial stoppage-time penalty.<\/p>\n
The Magpies looked to be heading for a famous 1-0 win at the Parc des Princes as they battled their way through a second-half onslaught from the hosts until Polish referee Szymon Marciniak awarded a spot-kick against Tino Livramento after a VAR review, allowing Kylian Mbappe to level in the eighth and final minute of added time.<\/p>\n
Howe, who said in a television interview that the official had been placed under \u201cextreme\u201d pressure by the PSG players, labelled a decision which cost his side two precious points \u201cpoor\u201d in his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n
I feel it is a poor decision and it\u2019s hugely frustrating for us as you know how little time there is left in the game<\/p>\n
Asked if he felt a sense of injustice, he said: \u201cYes, I do. It wasn\u2019t the right decision in my opinion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many things to take into account at that moment, the speed first. It was a ricochet that when it is slowed down, looks completely different to the live event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ball hits his chest first, comes up and hits his hand. But his hand is not in an unnatural position, they [his hands] are down by his side, but he is in a running motion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel it is a poor decision and it\u2019s hugely frustrating for us as you know how little time there is left in the game. There is nothing we can do about it now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pivotal moment arrived in the fifth minute of stoppage time when Ousmane Dembele attempted to deliver the ball across the Newcastle penalty area and saw it hit Livramento\u2019s side and rear up on to the underside of his arm.<\/p>\n
Mr Marciniak, who had earlier seen decisions not to award spot-kicks for an Anthony Gordon challenge on Achraf Hakimi and a shout for handball against teenager midfielder Lewis Miley upheld, was advised to review the incident and this time decided to award the penalty.<\/p>\n
The Magpies, who had taken a 24th-minute lead through Alexander Isak, defended it for grim life until the last-gasp controversy, although they needed Pope to be at his brilliant best on several occasions.<\/p>\n
They now need to beat AC Milan at home on December 13 and hope PSG do not win away to Borussia Dortmund to progress.<\/p>\n
Asked if that was something to cling on to, Howe, who celebrates his 46th birthday on Wednesday, said: \u201cYes, I think that\u2019s absolutely right. In the next couple of days, that will become more relevant in our thoughts, I think.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen the draw came out, it was the \u2018group of death\u2019 and I don\u2019t think many people gave us a chance of qualifying from it and sitting here now, I\u2019m a little bit frustrated that it\u2019s not in our hands because when I look back at the two Dortmund games, I felt we could have done better in those matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the time for that, I think it\u2019s probably a time to be positive and to say that if we can beat Milan, then good things can happen from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
For PSG boss Luis Enrique, there was a mixture of relief and frustration on a night when his side created a host of chances but were unable to take any of them until Mbappe\u2019s late intervention.<\/p>\n
Enrique said: \u201cWithout a doubt, we played a very great game. We deserved to win. We played better than Newcastle. The result does not reflect what happened on the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not basketball. We are one of the teams in Europe that scores the most. Sometimes the ball doesn\u2019t want to go in.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes the game looked like table tennis. I couldn\u2019t believe we couldn\u2019t score, but we carried on despite the frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n