VAR reveal audio from Newcastle's controversial winner against Arsenal | OneFootball

Newcastle edged past Arsenal in the Premier League via a controversial winner scored by Anthony Gordon.

Now on Tuesday, VAR has revealed the entire four-minute conversation that took place during the review.

Here is a play-by-play of what went down in the booth.

Analysing ball out of play…

VAR (Andy Madley): “Potential ball out of play.

REFEREE (Stuart Atwell): “They’ll check, they’ll check.

VAR: “Stu (referee), can you confirm your on-field decision, please?

REFEREE: “Mads, the on-field decision is goal. The ask on the pitch is for ball out of play on the goal line.

VAR: “Confirmed Stuart, checking on-field decision of goal … have you got Goal Line Technology (GLT) camera?

“Stop it at that point, thank you … can [AVAR] have a look at this before we go check the goal? For me, I’ve got no conclusive evidence that that ball is out.

AVAR (Stuart Burt): “No, I agree… I was going to say you can’t go on that angle. Although it looks out, you’ve got the curvature of the ball.

VAR: “Just one second then. Go two frames forward, and the ball is already back in play/one the line … two frames forward, there we go, so that’s fine.

Analysing back post challenge, handball and offside…

VAR: “No offside position. Now I’m checking a potential foul on Gabriel … I don’t see a specific foul on Gabriel. I see two hands on his back, but I don’t see anything of a push that warrants him flying forward like that.

AVAR: “Stu (referee) said there’s a potential for handball, but it’s not the goalscorer giving the handball.

VAR: “No, it’s not the goal scorer, and it’s not deliberate from him … I’m seeing the ball comes off Joelinton with no specific foul there. Can you just confirm that the player is onside as well when it comes off Joelinton?

VAR: “Okay, so it’s going to be off Joelinton’s hip potentially.

AVAR: “Stu (referee) we’re just checking offside position for the goalscorer now, mate. We’ve cleared the foul.

VAR: “[AVAR] are you happy that that is the best point of contact that we’ve got?

AVAR: “Yep, from the angles that are available.

VAR: “Ok, so he [Gordon] is clearly on. Looking at Gabriel’s body position there, his shoulder.

AVAR: “Yeah but the second rearmost is the goalkeeper. So now, you’ve got to decide … I don’t know where the ball is because the ball is being hidden from Joelinton. So you don’t know where the ball is. And you’ve got no conclusive evidence of Gordon being ahead of the ball. So with the reverse angle that you’ve got, you have not got any opportunity there, of where the ball is. With that, in my opinion, I think you have to award the goal on the evidence.

VAR: “So we go check complete on the goal? Stu (referee) we’re confirming the on-field decision of goal.”