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Rafa: Everything was against us
- Updated: December 2, 2016
Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez vented his anger at Henri Lansbury as the Nottingham Forest captain played a key role in getting two of his players sent off in a 2-1 defeat at the City Ground on Friday night.
Jonjo Shelvey was dismissed for kicking Lansbury in the 33rd minute, then Paul Dummett suffered the same fate after appearing to bundle him over in the box just before half-time as Forest came from behind to win, despite missing both penalties following the red cards.
Newcastle had taken the lead through Matt Ritchie in-between the two dismissals, but Nicklas Bendtner, having missed the first spot-kick while Lansbury missed the second himself, levelled for Forest after the break before Jamaal Lascelles put through his own net late on.
“Everything was against us,” …