**Once again, Newcastle United failed to convert their dominance into goals, which ultimately cost them a point, or maybe even all three, against Brighton and Hove Albion.**
Nick Woltemade continued his goal-scoring form for the Magpies, but everyone around him seems utterly afraid of scoring goals.
The big German showed everyone why he gets nicknamed Woltemessi with his deft back-heeled finish to restore parity after Danny Welbeck gave Brighton a first-half lead.
However, despite the constant pressure, Newcastle never really came close to scoring again and Brighton, through Welbeck once again, nicked another goal late on against the run of play tos steal the win.
> [](https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1979607902416420943)
Nick Woltemade was encouraged by Newcastle's second-half display
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Speaking to the media after the game (via [Newcastle World](https://www.newcastleworld.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/nick-woltemade-newcastle-united-brighton-5365377)), Nick Woltemade admitted it was a tough day at the office for Newcastle, but was encouraged by how they came back into the game, echoing the same sentiment to NUFC TV.
> “It's not good. First half, we didn't do good. The second half was good energy in the game. We scored one goal and it felt like we would win but they played good and scored. That's football sometimes. The second half was way better than the first.“I really like to play here. I get balls; the players are looking for me. The gaffer trusts me.“In the second half, we had good chances but we lost them in the first half. We didn't have good energy. It's part of football when the ball doesn't want to go in, but it's important we keep working on that.
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> “Before the national break, we had a good week and today you can see that we can get the game on our side in away games. We will keep working and win games away.”
We can't keep relying purely on Nick Woltemade
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We are so glad that Woltemade has managed to take to the Premier League as well as he has because we'd be beyond knackered without him.
We're still a few weeks away from seeing Yoane Wissa in a Newcastle shirt, and we expect that after such a long layoff, it's going to take him a few games to really get going, and then, of course, he'll be leaving us for the African Cup of Nations, leaving Woltemade to do all the work again.
Newcastle can't just rely on one man for goals, however, and Eddie Howe needs to be getting it into his players' heads that it's okay to have a shot, even if it looks like a stupid idea. Mistakes happen, ricochets happen. Sometimes you just have to make your own luck.