Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew has lambasted Chelsea rival Andre Villas-Boas.

Pardew rose to the bait as the row raged on about whether Chelsea's David Luiz should have been sent off early in the Blues' 3-0 win at St James' Park nine days ago.

"Sometimes when you've had a defeat you have to find the reasons for it and voice those concerns," Pardew said. "But when you have a victory it's nice to be respectful and ­honourable by saying, 'OK, we won, but ­decisions went our way'.

"That's what I did at Manchester United [where Toon levelled with a dubious spot-kick] - I said it wasn't a penalty but we accept it."

Villas-Boas had claimed Toon striker Demba Ba was offside when Luiz challenged him and that Pardew had tried to make a "big scandal" of the incident.