Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade insisted he is ‘not the type of player’ to try and con referees into getting a rival sent off.Woltemade’s claim explained why he refused to go down despite copping an elbow to the face from Arsenal defender Gabriel. The Magpies’ record signing was struck by the Brazilian immediately following a kick-off that stemmed from his opening goal in Arsenal’s 2-1 win on Sunday.After being hit by Gabriel, who believed he was fouled by the 23-year-old for his 34th minute header, Woltemade tugged on his rival’s pants before he pointed his finger at the centre-back.However, the incident was not deemed worthy enough for VAR to encourage a pitch-side review from referee Jarred Gillett.Woltemade’s reaction to the incident with GabrielVAR may have had a different perspective on the clash had Woltemade fallen to the turf.But, as the German outlined in a post-match interview with Sky Sports, he is firmly against play-acting.“Yeah, after the goal there was a situation,” Woltemade said.“I felt his elbow in my face. I’m two metres, so his arm has to be really high. “I don’t want to fall down. I just said it to the referee I felt something in my face and I think it’s not right to feel something in your face. “But I’m not the type of player who will fall down for this. It’s hard, because maybe sometimes you have to do this. “But this is not my type of football, I don’t like it.Sky SportsGabriel left one on Woltemade, but it was an incident that most seemed to have missed[/caption]“He said sorry after, so I think he knew he hit me in my face.”Despite Gabriel’s apology, Woltemade was in no mood to shake his hand when the Arsenal defender offered an olive branch.Why didn’t Woltemade shake Gabriel’s hand?When asked why he didn’t reciprocate, Woltemade replied: “Yeah, because I don’t like this.“If you do something in the game, then seconds after you say sorry, that’s not a part of the game. I don’t like it. “We had really good situations and I like those situations where we can get a good battle.“But it always has to be fair. His elbow should not be in my face.”Woltemade’s race was run in the 67th minute, meaning he is yet to complete a full game for the Magpies since joiningGettyWoltemade and Newcastle must now shift their attention to Wednesday, when they face Union Saint-Gilloise in their second league phase clash in the Champions League.The Magpies will look to get their European campaign up and running having slipped to a 2-0 loss to Barcelona in their opening contest.