Newcastle fans tear into ‘criminal’ Anthony Gordon after what he did vs Barcelona

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(Credit: Imago) Newcastle fans tear into ‘criminal’ Anthony Gordon after what he did vs Barcelona Wed 11 March 2026 6:30, UK Newcastle United fans have slammed Anthony Gordon after his misplaced pass led to Barcelona winning a penalty that saw them claim a late 1-1 draw at St James’ Park.Newcastle are still in with a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a draw in the first leg of their last 16 clash against Barcelona.Harvey Barnes gave the Magpies the lead in the 86th minute, as he turned Jacob Murphy’s cross past Joan Garcia, but Malick Thiaw handed Barca the chance to equalise in injury time after fouling Dani Olmo in the penalty area.Lamine Yamal then swept his penalty past Aaron Ramsdale to hand the Catalan giants the advantage heading into the second leg.Newcastle travel to Barcelona next week for a tough second leg at the Camp Nou, with Gordon blasted for his role in the build-up to Barca’s late penalty on Tyneside. ⚽ Newcastle Matchday ⚽ Team news, line-ups, expert previews and tactical analysis for every Newcastle United fixture. VISIT THE NEWCASTLE MATCH HUB MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Newcastle fans fume at Anthony Gordon for his poor pass before Barcelona penalty incidentNewcastle simply needed to keep hold of the ball in the dying embers to seal a historic win over Barcelona, but instead of doing that, Gordon decided to try to play a long pass to Sandro Tonali in the 94th minute.He had Joe Willock wide open on his left, or could have even just run forward with the ball himself, but the poor pass gave the visitors the chance to launch one final attack, which resulted in Olmo winning the penalty.Newcastle fans fumed at Gordon on X following his error, with one saying: “Gordon booting the ball away there rather than keeping the ball and playing Willock in on the left is criminal (to be honest).”Putting Gordon as striker, his decision making of trying to make Tonali run on to it last few seconds of the game!?

Gordon isn't a striker, and now he's cost us the game. #nufc— Akin 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 (@A_sahin09) March 10, 2026 View Tweet Starts with Gordon paying a stupid ball out to tonali instead of going easy to his left and playing in Ramsey— . (@Matty01207) March 10, 2026 View Tweet While another said: “Gordon should be blamed for his poor pass to Tonali, which allowed Barcelona to launch their final attack, resulting in a reckless and unnecessary tackle.”Gordon should be blamed for his poor pass to Tonali, which allowed Barcelona to launch their final attack, resulting in a reckless and unnecessary tackle.— OK & OK (@MAli99910) March 10, 2026 View Tweet gordon had chance for managing the game but kick the ball and it's chance to barcelona. amateur. ffs. #nufc— Word Of The Tyne (@wordofthetyne) March 10, 2026 View Tweet Feel sick.

That Gordon pass to Tonali needs to be so much better… Tonali then runs into the corner flag and the game ends… should be taking a lead to Barca #nufc #nufcfans— NUFC NEWS (@NUFC___NEWS) March 10, 2026 View Tweet And one added: “What annoyed me the most was Gordon, that hopeless ball into nobody at the end which got them down the pitch. Our season is defined in Barcelona now #nufc— Scott Chegg (@mattyo67) March 10, 2026 View Tweet Why didn't Gordon just use his brain and run the ball to the corner Love to know we're the added time after 4 minutes came from as there were no incidents to add any extra— Wan (@birks_wayn10549) March 10, 2026 View Tweet If Anthony Gordon pumps that ball out for a goal kick in the 94th minute, We beat Barcelona.