10 Things We Learned From Newcastle Vs Southampton

8. NUFC Still Can't Win Themselves A Penalty

Newcastle United should have had two penalties during the first-half. Southampton players handled the ball in their own area, there's no getting away from that. And even though the distance the ball travelled to strike their respective limbs wasn't the greatest, anywhere else on the pitch and they would have been given. The referee's lack of awarding a pen continued a slightly worrying trend for United, who haven't been awarded a spot-kick in a competitive game since last Boxing Day's defeat away to Manchester United. Those two proverbial 'stone wall' instances were surely worthy of ending that run...