Newcastle defender Isaac Hayden risks the wrath of the FA after swipe at officials

Newcastle defender Isaac Hayden hit out at the match officials following their controversial 1-0 defeat at Chelsea.

Manager Eddie Howe and his players were fuming after their nine-game unbeaten run was ended by Kai Havertz's 89th-minute winner.

The Chelsea forward was fortunate to still be on the pitch after appearing to catch Newcastle defender Dan Burn in the head with his elbow earlier in the game.

Newcastle were also unhappy after being denied a penalty when Trevoh Chalobah grabbed Jacob Murphy's shirt and brought him down.

At the sound of the full-time whistle, the official Newcastle Twitter account shared a picture of the team captioned: 'Plenty to be proud of from today. Unlucky, lads.'

And Hayden replied with an incredible swipe at the match officials.

The Toon ace wrote: 'Some performance from the boys against 12 men today.

'Proud to be associated with the club is an understatement.'

Howe also had a swipe at the officials over the two controversial calls.

He said: 'You can't look past the penalty for me.

'I'm hugely disappointed with that decision and how they've reached that decision between them.

'It's a clear penalty, Jacob's had his shirt ripped off his back near enough.

'He goes down in the box, it's a clear penalty, even if the referee doesn't give it on the pitch I can sort of understand that...

'But then VAR should see it and at least make the referee review his own decision.

'I think if he does, he realises he's got it wrong.'

On Havertz's clash with Burn, Howe added: 'I think it could've been a red.

'I'm not going to sit here and say it should have been a red, it's one of those decisions.

'Dan thinks it's a clear red. He's on the pitch. I've seen it again and, as I said, it could have been given.

'But for me the one I'm the most disappointed with and cannot understand with VAR on how it's not been given is the penalty.'