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Joelinton pictured throughout Newcastle’s draw with Crystal Palace. (Photograph by Eddie Keogh/Getty Photographs)
Danny Murphy has blasted Newcastle midfielder Joelinton for a ‘lazy’ piece of participant in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.
The Magpies took the lead within the 53rd minute by way of a Marc Guehi personal purpose and seemed to be taking all three factors till Daniel Munoz equalised within the fourth minute of added time.
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In all honesty, the win would have massively flattered Newcastle, who managed only one shot in your complete match and none on course, in comparison with 16 makes an attempt from Crystal Palace. The xG stakes weighed closely in Palace’s favour as effectively, 1.76 to 0.04.
A part of Newcastle’s downside going ahead was their lack of accuracy when crossing the ball into the field.
Each groups tried 22 crosses on the day however the place Palace have been correct with seven of theirs (32%), Newcastle hit the mark with simply two (9%).
Joelinton slammed for ‘lazy’ second towards Palace
Joelinton pictured throughout Newcastle’s draw with Crystal Palace. (Photograph by Richard Pelham/Getty Photographs)
Deployed out vast, Joelinton was responsible of some poor crossing in an ineffective show, failing to search out his goal with three makes an attempt.
One such incident noticed the Brazilian fireplace the ball out of play when he had teammates asking for the ball round him.
Murphy has highlighted this sequence as an indication of ‘laziness’ from Joelinton, who took the straightforward choice reasonably than making an attempt to take care to craft a gap for Newcastle.
“It’s not at all times a technical factor, nevertheless it’s additionally a decision-making factor excessive up the pitch,” Murphy mentioned on Match of the Day (by way of Geordie Boot Boys).
“Right here, there’s a little overlap, a bit simple ball for a easy cross into the field. He [Joelinton] chooses to not after which the supply is absolutely poor, it’s lazy.
“A excessive, crazy cross with solely two gamers within the field… We now have seen Newcastle be dynamic and have good spells and rating a lot of objectives however it is a far cry from it.”
