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Newcastle defender Burn rues denied Man City equaliser: Best we've played here

Newcastle defender Burn rues Man City equaliser denied: Best we've played here
Newcastle defender Burn rues Man City equaliser denied: Best we've played hereAction Images via Reuters

Newcastle United defender Dan Burn says he "felt a push" before his equaliser at Manchester City was ruled out.

Burn felt he had headed home an equaliser to earn a 2-2 draw on Saturday. However, it was ruled the defender had struck from an offside position.

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But while replays showed Burn had strayed into an offside position - it was only because he was clearly pushed into an illegal position by City defender Ruben Dias.

“I've not seen it again," Burn said afterwards. "I felt a push in the back and I think if I'm a little bit better with it I could probably make more of a meal of it, but I'm not great at doing that.

"Someone said that I was pushed and it's quite hard to get back onside once you've been pushed offside. So it was just one of those.”

Burn also stated: “Disappointed as that's probably the best we've played at City.

"If you come here and they play through you amazingly and score wonder goals, you hold your hands up a little bit, but the goals we conceded were disappointing from our point of view.

“The first one was a goal kick that's been knocked down and within sort of three passes they've scored. But that's the best we've played and on another day the result could have been different.”

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