Newcastle boss upset at Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo after 'poor tackle'

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was unhappy with Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo’s “really poor tackle” on Anthony Gordon that forced him off with an injury in their Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Caicedo was shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Gordon just two minutes into the game, which was being played without VAR with the system only being used from the semi-finals onwards in the Carabao Cup.

Gordon was eventually forced off just seven minutes into the second half to add to Newcastle's growing absentee list, with defender Emil Krafth also having to be taken off at half-time following a tackle by Levi Colwill.

Howe said in his post-match press conference following their exit after a penalty shootout: "Emil [Krafth] was too sore to continue - he's got a nasty gash on his shin which is quite sore at the moment.

"Anthony's [Gordon] the same. I thought it was a really poor tackle on him and the type of tackle you don't want to see taking one of our attacking players out of the game, and again he's very sore at the minute."

Asked whether he Caicedo should have been sent off, Howe told Sky Sports: "I'm going on what other people's opinions are and not mine - I haven't seen it myself but people are telling me that they think it's a red card."

There was disagreement in the Sky Sports studio over whether Caicedo should have seen red for the tackle on Gordon.

Jamie Redknapp believed referee Jarred Gillet was correct to caution the Ecuadorian, but Karen Carney felt he should have been sent off.

Redknapp said: "It's a really stupid bad challenge. Two minutes into the game, it shouldn't matter what minute of the game it is, but I think it's a yellow. It's not a good challenge, make no mistake.

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