Eddie Howe insists Newcastle’s humiliating loss to Tottenham may be ‘GOOD’ for his side as he believes it will give the Magpies the ‘jolt’ they need to continue ‘fighting to stay in the division’
- Tottenham beat Newcastle United 5-1 in their Premier League clash on Sunday
- Boss Eddie Howe says the defeat could be beneficial for Newcastle in the future
- He says that it could ‘realign their thoughts and bring them back down to basics’
- Howe says Newcastle did well to ‘execute’ the game plan and ‘control’ Tottenham
- But admits the second goal was the turning point that saw them lose the game
Eddie Howe says Tottenham’s 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle may be ‘good’ for his team as it could help ‘realign their thoughts and bring them back down to basics’.
Newcastle opened the scoring on Saturday but conceded one before the break and four during the second half to walk away from the game empty handed.
Howe says the result could be beneficial for his team as he believes they are still ‘in a huge fight to stay in the division’.
Eddie Howe (right) says Tottenham’s 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle may be beneficial for his team
Speaking after the game against Tottenham, Howe said: ‘In the future we might look back at this as a good thing for us.
‘It might just realign our thoughts and bring us back down to the basics that have got us success. Sometimes that jolt can be a good thing for you.
‘I still think we’re in a huge fight to stay in the division. I think we knew this period was going to be very difficult.
Newcastle opened the scoring against Tottenham but Spurs managed to claw back five goals
Howe says it could help ‘realign Newcastle’s thoughts and bring them back down to basics’
‘That’s six away games in seven, which is a very difficult run, and some tough grounds. We now return to St James’ Park, and they are going to be massive games for us.’
Reflecting on the game itself, Howe said Newcastle did well to ‘execute’ the game plan and ‘control’ Tottenham in the first half.
He believes Tottenham’s second goal was the turning point in the game. He felt his side became ‘too expansive’.
Howe thought his team did well to ‘control’ Tottenham’s key players in the first half of the game
Howe says that Matt Doherty’s was the turning point for Newcastle on Sunday afternoon
Howe said: ‘(We were) 1-0 up and executing a really good plan I felt, controlling Tottenham as best we could. I think we did the first part of the game really well.
‘I think probably the second goal was the key thing and the manner of it, and our perspective would be it was absolutely what we didn’t need to do at that moment in time.
‘I think (after that) we chased the game probably in a way you can’t against this type of team. We became expansive, we ended up taking risks and we didn’t execute that well enough.’
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