In more than 96 minutes, Newcastle had failed to register a single shot on target on this trip to Tottenham.
Steve Bruce’s side were course to leave empty-handed – nothing less than their lack of ambition and threat deserved.
And then in the dying seconds, as this match petered towards Spurs victory, the officials gift-wrapped a point to the visitors courtesy of another farcical handball decision.
Whether they’re applying the laws or not, the result is a joke.
On this occasion it was Eric Dier who was so cruelly punished by the slow motion replays and tiny monitors in Stockley Park.