Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has reacted to the Tyne-Wear derby defeat to Sunderland.
A visibly frustrated Eddie Howe has offered no excuses after Newcastle United’s 2-1 home defeat to Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby.
A late Brian Brobbey goal secured a dramatic victory for Sunderland having fallen behind to a 10th minute Anthony Gordon strike. Newcastle United had further chances in the first half but Sunderland managed to get to half-time with just one goal separating the two sides, the Black Cats much brighter after the break. Chemsdine Talbi levelled the score before Brobbey’s late strike.
Brobbey’s 90th-minute strike was his sixth goal of the season and just his side’s 10th in the Premier League away from home this season.
What did Eddie Howe say after the defeat to Sunderland?
“Very, very painful,” Howe said. “Most of all, painful for our supporters, and they're the ones I think about now. “I've got very little to sort of use as an excuse, and I don't want to go down that road. I never have, I never believed in that method once you haven't performed, and you know the size of the game, and you don't deliver.
“You expect to be criticised, and you understand why. So I understand the reaction at the end of the game. “We haven't done our jobs well enough today, and we're desperately disappointed in ourselves. Yes, I think we have to absorb it, and all we can do, the only thing we can do, is try and come back stronger from it.”
Howe added: “I think there were two really poor goals to concede, both in the last actions and the bits before. “That's not been a one-off for us, we've defended poorly for a period of time, certainly since the turn of the year, we're well aware of that. “So, yeah, all we can do, as I said earlier, is return for the first time to the training pitch to try and rectify some of the errors.”
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