Jamie Carragher launched a scathing attack on Cristian Romero after the Tottenham captain received an unnecessary yellow card in his side’s 2-2 draw Newcastle. Romero, who was absent from Saturday’s loss to Fulham following a one-match ban for accumulating five bookings, was shown his sixth caution of the campaign at St. James’ Park before scoring two goals – including a dramatic overhead kick in stoppage time.

In the 23rd minute, the Argentina defender lunged in recklessly and caught Joelinton with a late challenge, leaving the midfielder sprawled on the turf. Referee Tom Bramall had little choice but to brandish a yellow card at Romero. Responding to the incident, Carragher expressed his frustration whilst providing co-commentary for Sky Sports.

Carragher vented: “Romero is not going to change is he? I love aggressive players but he’s not going to get the ball there. You’d think with age and maturity he’d stop doing it but apparently not.”

If Romero accumulates four additional yellow cards before Tottenham’s 32nd Premier League fixture concludes, he would face a two-match suspension.

However, the Argentine delivered a quick-fire response as he equalised to snatch a point for Spurs. He stayed up after a set-piece came to an end, but beat Dan Burn to a header after Mohammed Kudus crossed the ball back into the penalty area.

It was not thought to be enough for all three points, however, as Burn was brought down by Rodrigo Bentancur inside the box and Anthony Gordon stepped up to score what was set to be the winning goal.

But Romero stepped up once again and scored his second goal of the game, this time a bicycle kick that ran past Aaron Ramsdale, to clinch a point at St James’ Park.

The highest tally of yellow cards Romero has amassed in a Premier League campaign stands at nine, when he managed one caution every three fixtures during the 2022/23 season under Antonio Conte.

Throughout his top-flight career, Romero has collected 33 yellow cards across 111 appearances. He has received his marching orders twice during that spell, though his latest dismissal occurred over two years ago in the defeat to Chelsea in November 2023.

Spurs travelled to the North East hoping to halt a three-match losing streak and secure their first Premier League victory since October. Despite being outplayed in the first half, Tottenham managed to keep the scoreline at 0-0 going into the break.

Half-time substitute Bruno Guimaraes scored from the edge of the box to break the deadlock in the second half, an area where Spurs have conceded from on several occasions in recent weeks.

Romero might have thought he had answered Carragher’s criticism by heading in an equaliser, only for Gordon to send the home supporters into raptures by tucking home his spot-kick before Romero’s acrobatic effort drew Spurs level in stoppage time.