Stoppage time had elapsed before Newcastle grabbed winner, claims Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis

 
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Standard Sport22 March 2014

Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis bemoaned referee Lee Probert's officiating in the dying minutes at St James' Park, as his side went down to a last-gasp Papiss Cisse goal on Saturday.

Palace boss Tony Pulis was a disappointed man as he left Newcastle, claiming his side should have had a free-kick seconds before Cisse struck, and that the goal had come after stoppage time had elapsed.

Pulis said: "The disappointing this is, if you look at the video, we thought we should have had a free-kick outside their box with a minute to go - well, there was 20 seconds to go - and then they come down and they score, which is over time.

"In the first half, he [referee Lee Probert] played, I think, a minute and 40 seconds over time and the second half, I think it's 3.40 when they score the goal.

"The fourth official said it was time when [Mike] Williamson actually handballed it - if he handballed it - so from them going down the bottom, I think it was 40 seconds."

Pardew watched the game via a video-link from the club's training ground, but Carver spoke to him minutes after the final whistle.

He said: "He's the manager, he is just doing it from seven or eight miles away. But he is pleased.

"I think he is coming to the stadium later on, because I think his ban finished when the ball went into the back of the net, so he is coming later on to have a chat and I will have a beer with him."

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