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Brentford (h) Premier League
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Date: Saturday 20th November 2021, 3.00pm Venue: St. James' Park
Conditions: Accommodating |
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Newcastle |
Brentford |
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3 - 3 |
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| Half time: | 2 - 2 | |
| Score Sheet: | ||
(10) Lascelles
(39) Joelinton
(75) Saint-Maximin |
Toney (11)
Henry (31) og (Lascelles) (61) |
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Teams |
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Darlow |
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Fernandez Pinnock Jansson Roerslev Henry Nergaard Janelt Canos Ghoddos Toney Mbeumo |
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(71) S.Longstaff for Schar (71) Fraser for Willock |
Onyeka for Ghoddos (59) Goode for Roerslev (80) Baptiste for Janelt (88) |
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Dubravka Lewis Hayden Krafth Manquillo Gayle Almiron |
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Cox Thompson Forss Bidstrup Maghoma Haygarth |
| Bookings: | ||
Wilson
Saint-Maximin |
Norgaard
Ghoddos |
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| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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Referee: Robert Jones - Merseyside-based whistler
last spotted taking charge of our most recent home victory, against
Sheffield United last May. |
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Attendance:
52,131 including 3,000
Bees, who informed us "Ivan Toney, he left 'cos you're sh*t"
joining third tier Peterborough United in 2018.....
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Goals |
10 mins Matt Ritchie swung over a corner kick from the Newcastle right for the unmarked Jamaal Lascelles to rise highest to nod the ball down and into the Leazes End net from six yard out and in off the far post. 1-0
11 mins Sergi Canos took advantage of a block falling to him and
hooked a pass to Ivan Toney. The former Magpie controlled the ball before hitting a powerful
right-footed shot that Karl Darlow inexplicably got nothing
behind. It took the slightest of touches off his knee that wasn't enough
to keep it out.
Having received some low-level booing when first touching the ball earlier
in the game, Toney's extended badge-fondling celebration in front of home
followers prompted rather high levels of derision. 1-1
31 mins A crossfield ball was received by Canos on the right and he
stepped back inside Matt Ritchie before bending a left-footed cross
to the far post. Rico Henry ghosted in and headed the ball down into the
ground and into the net - Jacob Murphy fatally tempted into the middle. 1-2
39 mins Allan Saint-Maximin cut in from the left and jinked his way across the edge of the area before hitting a shot that was blocked by Mads Roeslev. That fell to Joelinton in the box and he took a touch before slamming a low left-footed shot into the corner of the goal from around 12 yards. 2-2
Half time: Magpies 2 Bees 2
61 mins A block went straight to Henry who somehow forced the ball past Jonjo Shelvey and Jacob Murphy as the challenged him together on the left corner of the United area. Substitute Frank Onyeka gained possession but his low curling shot was going wide until it hit Lascelles on the shin and pinged into the goal, Darlow completely helpless. 2-3
75 mins ASM prowled across the
halfway line on the United left before playing the ball to Ryan Fraser on
the opposite flank. The
substitute clipped the ball to the far post, where Allan Saint-Maximin
had continued his run
and supplied a side-foot volley with his right peg to beat Alvaro Frenandez.
His celebrations included a somersault and balancing on the pitchside
advertising, before throwing himself into the front row of celebrating
supporters and having to be retrieved by team mates. He was booked. 3-3
Full time: Magpies 3 Bees 3
We Said |
Assistant Head Coach Jason Tindall said:
"Obviously, it wasn’t the result we wanted. We wanted to win the game,
and set up to win the game.
"I think there were a lot of positives to take from the performance
though, especially from an attacking perspective and a physical perspective.
"We have a squad of exciting attacking players. On another day we win
the game. It was a step in the right direction.
"We asked the group to play with a real intensity and to play on the
front foot, and to attack and try to create chances. I think when you look
back, the team had 23 shots on goal and nine shots on target, compared to
Brentford’s four.
"I think there were a lot of positives to take, but we’ve obviously
conceded three goals and we were disappointed with them. We’ll look at those
collectively and individually, and we’ll need to put them right on the
training ground.
"Once we’ve given the
feedback to the players, all preparation and focus goes to Arsenal. Hopefully we’ll have Eddie back by then but we’re waiting on the doctor
for that so it’s out of our hands."
On Eddie Howe's influence:
"During the game there was a direct link between him and Stephen Purches and
he had a live feed so we could communicate with him.
"At 3-2 down we had a decision to make and in dialogue with Ed, those subs
we made were jointly done.
"But Ed has to take a lot of credit for that, he's the manager and he
makes the final call. Bringing on Ryan Fraser certainly made the difference
for us and he played his part in the third goal for Maxi."
On ASM:
"We know what quality Allan’s got. He’s one of the best dribblers I’ve ever
seen during my time in football.
"He can make a real difference. He put Brentford on the back foot
everytime he got the ball. We know how important Maxi’s going to be for us
throughout the season.”
On Joelinton (playing his 92nd game for the club):
"We’ve seen the quality he has. He’s going to be a big player for us.”
On his experience of the home crowd:
"It was incredible. Every time we have been here as opposition you
can only admire it. Since we’ve been here we’ve been made to feel welcome
and you can see how important the fans are to the team."
They Said |
Thomas Frank said:
"When you're leading twice, it's a
little bit frustrating that you don't get three points. That's the
frustration.
"When you score three goals in a Premier League game - home or away or
in any game across the world - you need to be able to get three points.
"(It is) very positive scoring three goals, very positive that we
created a lot of dangerous situations and chances to have scored more.
"The big thing we need to improve from this game is we need to defend
better."
Asked whether Eddie Howe's arrival had made a difference to the
hosts:
"Yeah, 100%. Definitely more front-footed.
Definitely much more aggressive in the pressure, and I think you saw the
first steps of a team that wanted to play a bit more. That’s the most
difficult thing to train and improve, and I think you saw the first
signs.
"I’m pretty sure Eddie would say ‘we need to do a lot better’, not
because it was bad, but I think he would say ‘there’s bits and pieces we
need to do even better’, but you see very aggressive, very front-footed,
and on the ball much more willingness to keep possession.”
Asked about his first visit to SJP:
"The fans were unbelievable. Fantastic
atmosphere. I think our fans did well. So a fantastic occasion, a fantastic
atmosphere to be part of. What a game.”
Stats |
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2021/22 drew 3-3 Lascelles, Joelinton, Saint-Maxmin (PL)
Newcastle have now gone 12 Premier League games from the
start of the season without a victory. Sheffield United's run of 17
without a victory in 2020/21 remains the worst opening sequence
in the PL. 2021/22 6 points, 20th
(scored 15, conceded 27) We're struggling to recall another instance where a manager was
unable to witness his side's first game under him. Joe Kinnear's
official bow at Everton in 2008 saw him banned from the dugout and
confined to the stand due to an outstanding FA punishment (he ended up
sneaking down the tunnel). |
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Waffle |
With head coach Eddie Howe
confined to a Tyneside hotel room following a positive COVID test on
the eve of the game,
Newcastle failed to break their Premier League duck at the twelfth
time of asking.
That's despite scoring the first goal for the fourth time in six
home games, when captain Jamaal Lascelles got up to head home Matt
Ritchie's corner.
The lead lasted just 75 seconds though, before old boy Ivan Toney
lashed in a leveller abetted by Karl Darlow's flap. And United then
fell behind when Rico Henry headed home from close range with the
home defence all at sea.
Parity was restored before the break however, when Joelinton
powerfully fired home at the Leazes End - and Toney was then
well-placed on his own goal line to deny Callum Wilson from close
range.
The second period seemed set up for a home win, but it was
the Bees who regained the lead when a seemingly harmless shot
by substitute Frank Onyeka cannoned off Lascelles and into the net.
Joint assistant head coaches Graeme Jones and Jason Tindall
oversaw matters inside the stadium and made a double switch after
consultation with Howe,
Sean Longstaff and Ryan Fraser arriving as the back three were
discarded.
And it was a pinpoint cross from the right by the latter that set
Saint-Maximin up to side-foot home a first-time shot for 3-3, amid
great celebrations.
Sadly though there wasn't a fairytale finish; Maxi bringing the crowd to their
feet on 82 minutes with an extended run into box and teeing up Joelinton; only for the
otherwise excellent Brazilian to stumble when a routine strike would
surely have made it 4-3.
Newcastle ended the day bottom of the table with six points - five
adrift of the seventeenth position occupied by a Leeds United side
who then lost their game in hand 24 hours later.
Victories are of course desperately needed - along with clean
sheets- but it's now just one defeat in four games for a Magpies
side radically better than they had been in their last game
at Brighton.
The next two home games against Norwich City and Burnley now assume
even greater importance in terms of collecting points - but there
were welcome signs of life for Howe here, certainly in terms of
effort and spirit.
If not the new manager bounce, then there was at least some spring
in our collective step when attacking.
The defence though remains leaden-footed; this the third successive
home game in which we've conceded three goals. As Brentford's boss
commented afterwards, "when you score three goals you need to get
three points.”
As a slightly shell-shocked Jason Tindall said in his post-match
briefing, "we have a squad of exciting and attacking players."
It's the mundane, competent defenders that appear to lacking though,
along with a trustworthy custodian.
The return of Martin Dubravka now surely looms, while having begun
his Magpies coaching career with part of his squad absent due to
international call-ups, Howe must now try to solidify something from
what he's got.
The continued absence of Paul Dummett brings the left back/wing back
choice down to Cherries old boy Ritchie or unproven Jamal Lewis,
while the ongoing omission of Federico Fernandez (unconvincingly
explained by Graeme Jones recently) raises further questions. Might
the failure of Isaac Hayden to snag a midfield berth see him come
into consideration again as a centre half?
Hopefully the head coach will spend his enforced solitude over the coming days
attempting to make sense of what he tuned in for today. Like his test, there
were positives to be found.
Howe-less then, but not hopeless.
Biffa