German star was meant to take it: Premier League aces argued over penalty | OneFootball

This was somewhat overshadowed by the Newcastle gala. During the walk to the locker room at halftime, there was tension between Anthony Gordon and Kieran Trippier. And this despite the score being 5:0.

But what happened? After the game, the two disputants were able to laugh again and stood together for an interview with 'TNT Sports' in the mixed zone.

"Gordy had scored a hat-trick, and I wanted Nick to take a penalty," explained Trippier, who wanted to give Nick Woltemade a chance to score. Especially since the DFB star has been struggling a bit this calendar year. He only scored again in the FA Cup over the weekend against Aston Villa. In the Premier League, he has been waiting for a goal of his own since the end of December and has had to sit on the bench more frequently.

In the CL, Woltemade was allowed to start again, but still didn't score. Also because Gordon took the second penalty and converted it. As he admitted in the interview afterward, he could understand his teammate's frustration: "But I'm a striker and I'm the penalty taker, so I want to score as many goals as possible. Emotions run high, but he's one of my closest teammates and has been since I joined the club. He has done so much for me."

Trippier jokingly added: "We'll get boxing gloves for training."

As quickly as the emotions flared up, they cooled down after the game, and Newcastle goes into the playoff second leg against Qarabag Agdam with a good position, which they will play in front of their home crowd. Maybe then Woltemade will finally be able to celebrate a goal of his own again.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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