He's sort of indirectly blaming the fans (and maybe the media to an extent) because why else would it be only Newcastle where you'd get questioned for bad performances.
Such an unfathomably ridiculous statement.
There's your schoolboy error right there. You're talking about Mike Ashley who is not a normal human being and rarely, if ever, displays normal behaviour.
I didn't see the game but from that replay, it looks like it barely affected where the ball was going.
If it was a full on block of the ball, your thought would be fair.