Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes posts on social media after the Magpies' semi final first leg defeat to Manchester City.placeholder image
Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes posts on social media after the Magpies' semi final first leg defeat to Manchester City. | Instagram
Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes has spoken out after the Magpies lost their Carabao Cup semi final first leg.
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, right? Well the dream of back-to-back Carabao Cup trophies seems a whole lot further away for Newcastle United right now, following their first leg defeat at St James’ Park.
Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki goals ensured Manchester City take a two-goal lead into the second leg of the last four clash - the winner will head to Wembley to take on Arsenal or Chelsea.
And while anything is possible in football, flipping around a two-goal reverse heading to a place Newcastle don’t win at, never mind score, seems a long shot at best. But while fans may be losing faith, skipper Bruno Guimaraes is not.
Speaking on his Instagram account, Guimaraes pointed to the fact the current group, give or take a few names, has already shown it can do the impossible - and he backs them to do it again next month down at the Etihad.
He said: “Hard to accept! But this team has already shown that anything is possible. Time to rest, because on Sunday, we’ll be back in action again.”
Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes posts on social media after the Magpies' semi final first leg defeat to Manchester City.placeholder image
Newcastle United skipper Bruno Guimaraes posts on social media after the Magpies' semi final first leg defeat to Manchester City. | Instagram
Eddie Howe on Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup defeat to Man City
He said: “I thought it was a tough defeat on us tonight because I thought the lads really did give everything today and I thought we had the chances to make that scoreline very different if we could have got that first goal. But there were chances, there were moments. I thought we defended pretty well for the majority of the game. Really disappointed to lose 2-0, I think 1-0. Obviously a very different feel about it. We needed to defend better in that last moment of the game.”
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Howe said: “I don't think bitter is the right word, I think the rules are the rules. They're there, I don't think I can focus on that too much. I'd probably like to focus more on the fact we had 10 men when they scored their first goal because I just don't get that.
“JJ's (Jacob Ramsey) gone down with a head injury, we'll have to get an elbowed in the head and we get punished for that. I don't see that that's right.”
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He said: “No, I don't think necessarily just at the end. I think fatigue played a part just generally for us today. I thought we looked a little bit fatigued. But that's understandable with the exertions and the efforts we gave on Saturday, it's such a quick turnaround. I think it's the worst team you can play to expose any fatigue because they keep the ball so well. That's where I have to compliment the lads because I thought they did give everything. We tried our best to rouse ourselves to the levels that we wanted to be at and I thought it was a decent enough performance without being great.”
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