Anthony Gordon accused of deliberately upsetting Arsenal with brutal two-word remark

Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon appeared to instrumentality a cheeky excavation astatine Arsenal aft the Magpies' 2-0 triumph implicit the Gunners successful the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg

Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon has been called retired for allegedly taunting Arsenal pursuing his team's Carabao Cup semi-final triumph.

Eddie Howe's squad punched their summons to Wembley with a 2-0 triumph astatine St. James' Park connected a Wednesday night. Not lone did Gordon people successful the archetypal leg, but helium besides rounded disconnected the scoreline successful the 2nd and seemed to twist the weapon with his post-match remarks.

"It is important for america to enactment humble now," Gordon told Sky Sports. "[The final] volition beryllium a large juncture but it's truthful acold away. It feels amazing. A due squad show and we got the win."

Arsenal players and fans had enjoyed mocking Erling Haaland during their 5-1 triumph past play arsenic the striker had antecedently told Gunners manager Mikel Arteta to "stay humble" backmost successful September. Having heard Gordon's interview, Gary Lineker and Micah Richards suggested connected the Rest is Football podcast that the Newcastle subordinate was making the aforesaid gag astatine Arsenal's expense.

"Have you seen the small s***housery going astir with Gordon successful his interrogation afterwards, saying, 'We conscionable request to enactment humble?'" Richards asked. Shearer past asked Richards if helium thought Gordon meant to provoke the Gunners, with the erstwhile Manchester City defender replying: "Do I deliberation it was deliberate? He had it each implicit his socials and everything!"

Lineker was "100 per cent" definite Gordon aimed to provoke the Gunners, portion Shearer laughed astatine the situation. It came days aft Myles Lewis-Skelly mimicked Haaland's signature extremity solemnisation – a cheeky effect to Haaland seemingly asking the Arsenal defender, "Who the f*** are you?" during their erstwhile clash successful September.

Tensions betwixt rival teams person sparked heated debates this week. Premier League brag Tony Scholes has mentioned the anticipation of taking enactment against provocative extremity celebrations. However, this was acold from a apical precedence for Newcastle brag Howe, who alternatively lauded his squad's harassment of the Arsenal backline.

"We wanted to get unit connected them [William Saliba and Gabriel] and successful bid to bash that we had to get bodies successful the close areas and property precocious -- that is however we decided to bash it," Howe said. "We were playing against elite players and 1 mistake tin marque things difficult. We had to beryllium ourselves, beryllium beforehand foot."

Newcastle volition beryllium anxious to extremity their 70-year trophy drought erstwhile they look Liverpool successful the Carabao Cup last connected March 16. The Magpies present crook their attraction to their FA Cup fourth-round clash with Birmingham City this Saturday.

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