Newcastle were awarded a 'harsh' penalty after an intervention by the video assistant referee against Tottenham. Rodrigo Bentancur was judged to have fouled Dan Burn in the area as he stopped his run, while not looking at the ball.
Thomas Bramall pointed to the spot after being handed a second look by VAR, having initially not blown his whistle over the incident. Anthony Gordon then converted the resultant spotkick to hand Newcastle a late lead at St James' Park.
Premier League match centre explained: "After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of no penalty to Newcastle United. Referee announcement: 'After review, Tottenham number 30 makes a holding offence at the back post and clearly does not look at the ball. My final decision is penalty kick.'"
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher felt it was a cruel decision. "I do feel the penalty award was really harsh," he said on commentary.
"I do understand he wasn't looking at the ball, but at the end it was the sheer power of Dan Burn, who is so much bigger and stronger than him...Burn was almost putting him on the floor."
Despite the incident occurring in the 86th minute, Spurs found a way back into the game. Cristian Romero scored a dramatic overhead kick to earn a point for Thomas Frank in the 95th minute.
The Argentine defender had already scored earlier in the evening to level the scores after 78 minutes. Bruno Guimaraes had come off the bench to initially hand Newcastle the lead after Spurs failed to record a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.
"Newcastle will be furious," said Carragher following Newcastle's equaliser. "Tottenham have had two shots on target and two goals."
"Wow! It isn't the greatest connection, it has come off his shin!" he added on Romero's strike. "How has that gone in? Newcastle will be kicking themselves."
Despite the result, Jonathan Woodgate believes Frank will be unhappy with Tottenham's performance. The ex-Newcastle and Tottenham defender did give credit to the Lilywhites, however.
"I just didn't think Tottenham were good in all parts of the game, whether offensively or defensively. They didn't really want to pass," said Woodgate on BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Newcastle seemed to drive the game much more than Spurs. When Bruno Guimaraes came on and scored I thought they were going to go on win.
"Then you have to give Spurs credit, they didn't give up, they kept on going and the captain comes up with two goals.
"It's a really strange game from a Spurs points of view and Thomas Frank won't have been happy with that display."