A Premier League fixture at St James’ Park was temporarily stopped in the second half after a report of discriminatory abuse aimed at Sunderland defender Lutsharel Geertruida.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s match between Newcastle United and Sunderland was temporarily paused during the second half after a report of discriminatory abuse from the crowd, directed at Sunderland\u2019s Lutsharel Geertruida,\u201d a Premier League statement read on the Match Center X feed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is in line with the Premier League \u2019s on-field anti-discrimination protocol. The incident at St James\u2019 Park will now be fully investigated. We offer our full support to the player and both clubs. Racism has no place in our game, or anywhere in society. We will continue to work with stakeholders and authorities to ensure our stadiums are an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
An investigation will be opened, with the club expected to review CCTV and collect eyewitness accounts to identify those responsible. The pause in play and the subsequent inquiry will now form part of the match record and any disciplinary processes.<\/p>\n
On the field, the incident came amid a dramatic turnaround. Newcastle took an early lead when Anthony Gordon scored after 10 minutes, but Sunderland responded and secured a 2\u20131 victory. Chemsdine Talbi capitalised on Newcastle\u2019s inability to clear a Xhaka corner, turning home from close range after Brian Brobbey\u2019s chested effort had been cleared off the line by Dan Burn. The win allowed Sunderland to leapfrog Newcastle in the Premier League table and move to 11th.<\/p>\n
The allegation of discriminatory abuse overshadowed what was otherwise a notable result for Sunderland. The Premier League and both clubs have pledged cooperation with the investigation, and authorities will review evidence gathered from the stadium as they seek to establish the facts and apply any required sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Derby paused after alleged racist abuse at St James’ Park; Sunderland recover to win 2\u20131. Underway .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,172,689],"tags":[1505,1471,506],"class_list":["post-9364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newcastle-united","category-epl","category-sunderland","tag-accountability","tag-all-red-all-equal","tag-anthony-gordon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}