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A brutal finish to our run of 9 straight wins as Newcastle bought precisely what they deserved in opposition to a Bournemouth facet who completely outplayed us.
There have been far too many stunning giveaways – two of their objectives got here from dropping the ball in our personal half – we performed into their arms and our huge weapons (Tonali apart) didn’t flip up.
Bournemouth had been excellent and deserve actual reward, nevertheless it was alarming to see a Newcastle facet who ought to’ve been stuffed with confidence and zip depart gaping holes all around the pitch, persistently present the ball again to Bournemouth and create so little.
The end result means Eddie Howe has nonetheless not crushed his former membership and received’t change into the primary Toon boss to win 10 in a row, with this end result giving Chelsea and Man Metropolis the prospect to leapfrog us within the league within the coming days. Bournemouth’s win additionally means they’re as much as 37 and only a level behind us now.
Howe named an unchanged facet from Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Wolves, though it was good to see Schar again on the bench after being sick earlier this week.
The primary half was simply our worst 45 minutes of soccer for effectively over a month, as we performed into Bournemouth’s arms and gave away the ball in dangerous areas far too many instances.
Kluivert’s opener was coming after just a few nervy moments on the neck. Corridor was completed by Brooks and bailed out by Tonali and Semenyo fired over after a foul giveaway by Burn and Dubravka save.
They’d dominated for the opening 10 minutes and Semenyo was giving Tino a torrid time down Bournemouth’s left, however we discovered a means again into it as Bruno headed in Corridor’s nook on 25 minutes.
That lifted the gang and it felt just like the momentum was instantly again with us, just for Bruno to undo a lot of his good work with an terrible giveaway on the different finish. It got here simply earlier than halftime and was Kluivert’s second, giving the Cherries a 2-1 lead on the break.
Howe opted to vary it on the break and introduced Schar on, though the theme of terrible giveaways continued as his ball throughout the field fell straight to Brooks.
VAR saved us from going 3-1 down on the hour mark because the ball went out earlier than Tonali’s half-clearance and two extra modifications adopted 5 minutes later, as Trippier and Willock changed Corridor and Murphy, who had picked up a knock.
These modifications did little to spark a comeback – Willock provided nothing and Trippier joined Tino in being bullied by Semenyo – earlier than the most recent giveaway helped Bournemouth make it three in stoppage time. It was Kluivert once more, who smashed house beautifully for his hat-trick, with Gordon responsible of giving the ball away this time.
Our no.10 had his solely shot on aim cleared off the road in seven minutes of added time however the guests broke on the different finish, launched Kerkez down their left and made it 4-1 as he smashed previous Dubravka.
Howe’s post-match feedback had been truthful: “We didn’t have complete management in any part. They had been higher than us & by no means allowed us to seek out our rhythm. That’s not the extent now we have performed at. We had been devoid of power. I don’t suppose any of our recreation survived. We had been off it in each space”
The bubble has been burst at present however now we have an enormous probability to get again to successful methods subsequent weekend as we journey to backside of the desk Southampton.
Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Corridor; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Schar, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
