Points gift-wrapped for Pardew’s men

Newcastle 5 Stoke 1

With his side trailing to a goal from Oussama Assaidi, the Newcastle manager watched in disbelief as two Stoke players were dismissed in the space of three crazy first-half minutes.

He then watched referee Martin Atkinson miss a handball in the build up to Loic Remy’s equaliser, and allow play to continue in the run up to Newcastle’s second goal despite Hatem Ben Arfa taking the ball out of play before rolling it to Yoan Gouffran.