The Magpies face Everton for the second time in five days and Matthias Jaissle says his team should need no motivation from him to take three points
Matthias Jaissle
Matthias Jaissle
Matthias Jaissle has told his wounded Newcastle United stars to use the anguish of their broken Wembley dreams as motivation against their Carabao Cup conquerors Everton tonight.
Jaissle had spoken openly about chasing the dream of returning to a major final and attempting a repeat of Newcastle's 2025 victory against Liverpool in 2025 in this season's competition. But the German head coach could only watch on as his stars squandered chance after chance at the Hill Dickinson Stadium to 'gift' the Toffees a place in the quarter-finals against League Two Fleetwood Town with the famous Wembley arch now in sight for David Moyes' side.
A win for Newcastle against Everton would see them climb to seventh place in the Premier League table - a point behind Liverpool and two off Chelsea in fourth - with a European push then back on the agenda.
Jaissle said: "The frustration needs to be turned into motivation now. We are looking to get revenge on Monday night. We have plenty from Thursday night that we can build on back at home tonight."
Newcastle created an incredible 28 goal attempts against the Toffees but managed just a consolation strike from Dan Burn. The game ended with the Magpies brawling with Everton stars as Joelinton and Burn went toe to toe with Jordan Pickford and James Tarkowski.
Jaissle added: "The result did not reflect the match, but in football it is about getting the right result, we couldn't achieve that.
"The performance in many aspects was good, but when it comes to being efficient, we didn't have it. Their goals came from gifts for us. It wasn't acceptable.
"We had a good match - that sounds a bit strange after a 3-1 defeat, but what we can say, is we were unhappy when we lost the ball, critical ball losses.
"We invited the opposition to score too easily. And on that level you will get punished. We had opportunities to score, many shots, but we made it too simple for them."
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With Newcastle now facing a run of just Premier League games between now and January, Jaissle's squad have the chance to knuckle down and push for a place in the top six or seven to get back in Europe after missing out last season. Jaissle is confident it can be done and is desperate to make it up to fans, with thousands flooding out of the stadium before the end on Thursday night.
The former Red Bull Salzburg boss said: "We need to improve that in the upcoming weeks, that has been the story so far this season. It's not possible to lose the ball the way we did.
"We didn't deliver for 8,000 fans who made a big journey to support us so the frustration is even bigger. We want to win every match. We knew the importance of this competition. It was frustrating to have that result."
Newcastle will run late checks on Matias Fernandez-Pardo after illness last week while William Osula (ankle) and Lewis Miley (glutes) are doubts for the game in front of a sold out St James' Park.
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