Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admitted he was surprised his side lacked energy. And fell behind to form again after training hard all week as they lost 2-1 at home to Fulham.
The Magpies appeared to have rediscovered their form last weekend with a 3-1 win at Southampton. And on Saturday Jacob Murphy took a first-half lead. But were overtaken by the Cottagers in the second half to make it two home defeats in a row.
“Physically speaking we weren’t brilliant again today, which is surprising. Because we’ve had a great week of training,” Howe said after the game at St James’ Park. “
I liked the condition of the team. Before the game and had a good feeling we could perform but that didn’t happen. “
We deserved to lose the game. We gave the ball away too easily. Technically, we weren’t at our best. “
We didn’t control the game as we wanted to. ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี I saw a lot of similarities from the Bournemouth game and that is probably painful.
Newcastle are at home again this week for the second leg. Of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal and Howe is optimistic:
“We were not as bad as Bournemouth today, we had our own rhythm as well. I think Wednesday’s game will be completely different, there are a lot of things that are not the same as today. “
At 1-1 we were at our best and if we score it changes the game. At the end of the day I am very frustrated. Because we can be a lot better than that but for whatever reason we lack the energy.”
Asked about the chances of signing before the deadline, Howe said: “There’s nothing we can do. The market is what it is. The result is not going to change that.”