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Kai Havertz has issued an apology to Dan Burn after catching the Newcastle defender with his elbow but denied claims he should have been sent off.

The German continued his blistering form for the Blues as he netted a late winner to secure a 1-0 victory over Eddie Howe's men.

Newcastle have been left feeling aggrieved however as the matchwinner arguably shouldn't have been on the pitch.

Havertz collided with Burn going up for a header, catching the centre-half with an elbow, but only received a yellow card.

VAR opted not to intervene as ref David Coote was not asked to go over to the monitor to review his decision.

Sky Sports commentator Jamie Carragher and pundit Jamie Redknapp believed it merited a red, however, as Burn suffered a nasty cut above his eye.

Havertz said "sorry" for catching Burn but claims it was never a sending-off as he only had eyes for the ball.

He told Sky Sports: "People know me not as a player who does things like this.

"This guy is like seven, eight foot and I have to jump against him. You have to use arms to jump and when I jump he is higher than me, so it is tough. I can say sorry because I saw