Newcastle United’s win over Arsenal at St James’ Park last month was full of controversy.
Callum Wilson has spoken out about his confrontation with Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes during Newcastle’s 2-1 victory against the Gunners last month. Wilson, who is now injured, has said that when he comes up against the defender, he goes to ‘war’ and that he was ‘mad’ with the defender before he even entered the pitch at St James’ Park.
Wilson remarked on the Footballers Football Podcast, “He’s a good player, and off the field he’s probably a nice guy, similar to how I am, and we’d probably get along, but on the field it’s just like war.” I want to fight him, and he wants to fight me.
“We had a game against Arsenal recently and he was kicking me, I was nudging him, elbowing him, standing on his foot, I fell over and I grabbed him for no reason just to bring him down with me. He was saying ‘what are you doing?’ I was like ‘shut up’.
“I’ve asked Ramsdale about him and what’s he like and he said he’s a nice guy, so I probably would get along with him, but on the pitch I’m and idiot and he’s probably the idiot that gets under my skin as well and that’s why we just clash. But, if we were on the same team you would want someone like that and visa-versa.”
Newcastle United won that day thanks to a single Anthony Gordon goal, which sparked much debate after the game. Despite the protests of the Arsenal players and Mikel Arteta, VAR cleared the goal after examining it for three separate infringements.
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