Cristian Romero scored both goals for Tottenham Hotspur during their 2-2 draw with Newcastle United in the Premier League.
Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero has made his feelings perfectly clear with his reaction to the 2-2 draw with Newcastle United. Spurs were forced to settle for a point in their showdown against the Magpies at St James' Park on Tuesday night in the Premier League.
Bruno Guimaraes had handed Newcastle the lead in the 71st minute, only for Romero to equalise soon after for Thomas Frank's side.
Anthony Gordon then put Newcastle in front, once again, from the penalty spot in the closing minutes, only for Romero to score for a second time, this a dramatic overhead in stoppage time, to rescue a point for Tottenham.
Spurs were unhappy with the awarding of a penalty for Newcastle, which was given following a VAR check at St James' Park.
Tottenham star, Rodrigo Bentancur, was penalised for holding Newcastle defender Dan Burn during a corner, with the incident going unnoticed before referee Thomas Bramall was instructed by the VAR officials in Stockley Park to look at his pitch-side monitor.
The U-turn has, naturally, been one of the main talking points from the game, with Romero making his frustration clear after the final whistle. On X - formerly known as Twitter - Romero reposted a tweet from Rio Ferdinand, who criticised the decision to award Newcastle a penalty.
"Disgraceful decision to reward [Newcastle] penalty," Ferdinand wrote. "Whoever is controlling the VAR should be ashamed [and] the ref then reviews and should be also. Well done Newcastle."
Romero reposted the message from Ferdinand, while also going on to write a post of his own on the social media platform to his 318,000 followers.
"It's all about working hard, getting better, and pushing forward," wrote Romero on X.
"Especially now, when things aren't going our way, we've got to stick together. Thanks for all the support as always fans see you at home on Saturday."
Frank also explained why he did not think Newcastle should have been awarded a penalty - with Tottenham's head coach stating that VAR shouldn't have intervened.
"And also, the second one is very disappointing to concede because for me it's never a penalty," said Frank.
"Even speaking to some from Newcastle, who didn't think it's a penalty.
"And we need the consistency. Because that penalty, that would be given two times a game.
"And I think the referee call on the pitch nailed it. And VAR can only be if it's clear and obvious."