NEWCASTLE hero Joelinton appeared to invite Manchester United rival Manuel Ugarte for a tunnel fight in a “crazy” flare-up.
Brazilian midfielder Joelinton was being taken off in the Toon’s 4-1 home win when he clashed on the field with his Uruguayan counterpart.
Joelinton was angry with fellow South American Manuel Ugarte
Stand-in Toon chief Jason Tindall steered Joelinton away
GettyThe Magpies attacker was still unhappy as he was led off[/caption]
Ironically, stand-in Newcastle boss Jason Tindall was taking the attacker off late on to help him avoid a booking and a ban.
But Joelinton looked furious as he argued with Ugarte, confronted him and was held back by two team-mates.
It seemed the 28-year-old “offered to scrap” the ex-PSG anchorman.
Joelinton gestured to the tunnel and pointed to Ugarte as if urging him there to sort it out afterwards.
Newcastle fans will be relieved that their exciting wideman avoided a yellow card in the skirmish.
That’s because he was just one booking short of a two-game suspension.
And Tindall was no doubt delighted to get Joelinton off the pitch before the matter could escalate again.
Newcastle were already 4-1 up at the time and certain to leapfrog Manchester City back into fourth spot.
EPAFellow Brazilian Bruno Guimaraes also intervened[/caption]
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Joelinton was involved in the killer fourth goal by compatriot Bruno Guimaraes, although the main source was a terrible pass from United keeper Altay Bayindir.
Two-goal Harvey Barnes was the Magpies’ surprise second-half matchwinner, punishing United‘s dozy defending.
Before the interval, Red Devils’ winger Alejandro Garnacho cancelled out Sandro Tonali’s opener.
Joelinton making it off the pitch without seeing yellow then completed a near-perfect day for Newcastle, whose manager Eddie Howe was still too unwell to attend.
But viewers were still unhappy with the Toon raider.
One claimed: “Joelinton should’ve received a red card for inciting violence.”
Another posted: “Why would he say that kind of thing?”
And a third said it would have been “crazy” if Ugarte responded.
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