TOON CRASH 'N' BURN

NEWCASTLE remain without an away win this season after Brentford won a chaotic and controversial encounter in west London.

- BY LEE RYDER

The Magpies, who have not tasted victory on the road since April, took the lead through Harvey Barnes.

But they quickly found themselves caught up in a maelstrom of long throws, VAR controversies and a red card - all in a day's work for the Bees at the Gtech Community Stadium.

After Kevin Schade equalised, referee Stuart Attwell and VAR Paul Tierney took centre-stage, the former denying Brentford what looked a penalty for a foul by Dan Burn - instead booking Dango Ouattara for a dive - and the latter surprisingly agreeing.

A few minutes later when Ouattara went down again under Burn's challenge, Attwell this time pointed to the spot and showed the hapless Burn a second yellow card.