Hughton: No intent in Hemed 'stamp'

The former Newcastle boss is hopeful that there will be no further action against the Israeli striker, who proved to be the match-winner at St James' Park, calling his stamp 'unintentional'.

The forward headed home the only goal of the game just after half-time but could have been given his marching orders after catching the American international.

Speaking about the incident after being shown it in his post-match interview, Hughton said: "My first impression is that there was no intent.

"There's no doubting the contact but knowing the individual there would also be no intent."

Hemed could be in trouble. Expect the @FA to take a look at this next week. #BHAFC #NUFC pic.twitter.com/NfV5MyaPKQ

— Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) 24 September 2017

The experienced manager would not be drawn into commenting more on the issue, instead choosing to praise his team for taking their chances in a tight game, saying: "It was a hard fought victory,"

"There weren't masses between the two teams but when you are the home team you sometimes get a little bit more in your favour. But the one opportunity we had we took in what was a tight game. We had to dig deep at times.

"We felt the way the game was going there wasn't going to be a lot of chances. We had to makes sure we kept a clean sheet against a good Newcastle side. We then just had to look for those moments, either a bit of brilliance or a bit of fortune."

"We've learnt a lot in these seven games - the points we've got is a decent return."