" I thought he had blown for handball on the line, but he said I had pushed Shola. My hands were nowhere near him and the ball had already bypassed him.
"The decisions just didn't go our way. There were a couple of handball shouts as well. The close decisions are everything in these type of big games and, if you don't get them, you end up losing.
"Everyone was getting frustrated as they game went on, it just seemed like everything was going their way.
"It's hard enough coming to these grounds with the noise and the atmosphere stacked against the away team, but to not get any decisions as well, it hurts a lot. This was our big chance to get to a final."
Patrick Kluivert's fifthminute strike ultimately proved decisive in securing Newcastle's place in today's semi-final draw.
It was a repeat of the scoreline by which they knocked Chelsea out of the Cup in round five.
