Newcastle took the lead in the 74th minute with a driven shot three minutes from Jack Colback after he had escaped a second yellow card for a challenge on Victor Moses. Stoke's Stephen Ireland thought he had equalised with an 18-yard shot but was flagged offside. However, substitute Crouch headed in a Geoff Cameron cross late on to earn Stoke a point, the BBC reported.
Stoke City salvaged a point in the last minute after their striker Peter Crouch came off the bench to score a last-minute equaliser against Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Sunday.
Newcastle took the lead in the 74th minute with a driven shot three minutes from Jack Colback after he had escaped a second yellow card for a challenge on Victor Moses. Stoke's Stephen Ireland thought he had equalised with an 18-yard shot but was flagged offside. However, substitute Crouch headed in a Geoff Cameron cross late on to earn Stoke a point, the BBC reported.
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Stoke would reportedly feel that their equaliser was justified after the referee did not book Colback for a second time after his reckless challenge on Moses. Stoke's leveler denied Newcastle manager John Carver a win in his first home game since being appointed head coach at the club until the summer.
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Carver played down the controversy over Colback's challenge, saying that it wasn't a 'classic' and he thought that his side had 'stolen three points' when they got the goal. He added that 'he couldn't see where they were going to get a goal from', but insisted that it was from their 'stupidity'. Carver insisted that he is 'never going to take away Colback's competitiveness', adding that he has been 'a great signing for this football club'.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes said that at a key point in game the referee hasn't made a 'brave or strong decision', adding that the referee allowed Colback to stay on when really he should have got a second yellow card and gone off. Hughes insisted that that would have made the difference and possibly allowed his side to go on and win.
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