All square at Highbury
14/08/2005 - 14:34:10Arsenal 0 Newcastle 0
Jermaine Jenas, whose Newcastle future was already in doubt amid interest from Tottenham and his unhappiness in the North-East, was sent off before half-time at Highbury as he fell foul of new refereeing guidelines on dangerous tackles.
Jenas brought down Gilberto Silva with a two-footed tackle and was immediately sent off by referee Steve Bennett following instructions to officials to cut out tackles which endanger players’ safety.
Newcastle responded with a ’goal’ ruled out for offside against Alan Shearer, while Shay Given saved a snap-shot from Kolo Toure and Thierry Henry headed wide as the game burst into life just before half-time.
