Newcastle United goalkeeper Martin Dubravka hit back at his critics after Monday's 1-1 draw at Wolves.

Dubravka says he now knows who his friends are amid the fallout from his high-profile blunders - but he insists Wolves' equaliser on Monday night should not have stood.

Debate raged after Willy Boly climbed above Dubravka to head a 95th-minute leveller at Molineux, the keeper claiming he was 'blinded' by the hands of the defender.

"I'm a human being, I can make mistakes," said the Slovakian to the Daily Mail.

"I obviously try not to make mistakes but it's not about doing them in the first place, it's about how you react.

'When you are down, that's when you see who your real friends are. Everybody has something to say and it's easy to criticise, but I'm very lucky that I have great people around me, great team-mates and they support me through everything. That's very important psychologically."

Of the incident with Boly, he said: "From my angle, it was definitely a free-kick. It was a foul. The rules are really clear, you have to protect the keeper in the box.

"I remember seeing the ball come over and thinking, 'I can catch this'. Then, suddenly, I was blind, I had a hand close to my head, so I couldn't feel the ball. Obviously I thought the referee would whistle. I fell down on my back, so it was obvious.

"I was really surprised (there was no whistle), but I still thought the referee would go to the assistant and say it was a foul."