SHEFF UTD 0 NEWCASTLE 2
Dubravka, Manquillo, Fernández, Clark, Dummett, Willems, Almirón (Krafth 88), Hayden, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin (Atsu 81), Carroll (Joelinton 72)
Subs: Schär, Gayle, Darlow, S Longstaff
Although the media claim: - "Jonjo Shelvey had a goal awarded by VAR" - perhaps it is safe to say that the player was in the RIGHT and the linesman in the WRONG.
Wasn't this the sort of situation that VAR was brought in for? The linesman raised his flag when the player was not oiffside.
Newcastle stunned Sheffield United at Bramall Lane to climb to 11th in the Premier League, although they did 'park more than one bus' to achieve it.
The controversy arrived in the second half when Andy Carroll was flagged offside after flicking on for Shelvey. The midfielder ran through before slotting past Dean Henderson, whose half-hearted challenge suggested he was expecting the effort to be ruled out.
However, with referee Stuart Attwell having waved play on, the goal was checked by VAR, which correctly awarded it after replays showed Carroll was onside when he provided the assist.
Allan Saint-Maximin had earlier opened the scoring with his first goal for Newcastle, heading home Javier Manquillo's cross.
The frustrated hosts dominated much of the game only to find Martin Dubravka in wonderful form, the Newcastle goalkeeper twice saving excellent headers from Oli McBurnie, as well as keeping out a deflected Enda Stevens strike.
The result ends Sheffield United's seven-game unbeaten Premier League run, stretching back to a 1-0 defeat by Liverpool on 28 September.
VAR has provided plenty of moments of controversy this season, but in this case did exactly what it was supposed to do.
Without it, an incorrect offside call would have been missed and Newcastle would have entered the closing stages of the game trying to protect a one-goal lead against determined hosts who, until that moment, had looked the more likely to add to the scoring.
"We've spoke many times about whether VAR is adding or taking away from the game but that's exactly why it came in," former Everton midfielder Leon Osman told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Without it, Newcastle would have had that goal taken away from them when he was clearly onside.
"Great credit must go to Stuart Attwell too for just following Jonjo Shelvey as he ran forward and slotted it into the net as the Sheffield United players stopped."
While this was Sheffield United's first defeat in seven games, it was a fourth consecutive game without a win - a run that may be starting to concern some fans following their fine early-season form.
But recent results are perhaps not a fair reflection of their performances.
Against Newcastle, they once again played some slick, expansive football and had their opponents pegged back in their own half for almost the entirety of the game.
However, in Dubravka they came up against a goalkeeper in inspired form and his save in the first five minutes from Stevens' deflected effort was particularly crucial. Had that gone in it could have been a very different game.
Man of the match - Martin Dubravka