TOON CRASH 'N' BURN

Newcastle's away daze continues as Dan sees red and brilliant Bees have sting in their tail

- BY LEE RYDER

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

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.