It’s been a troublesome week for Newcastle United, the place all the pieces that might’ve gone fallacious appeared to go fallacious on or off the pitch.
A brand new week has arrived and it presents two alternatives; an opportunity to maneuver again as much as sixth tonight with a win at West Ham and Sunday’s Carabao Cup Ultimate.
However earlier than we sort out the primary of two journeys to London tonight, here’s a abstract of the weekend’s Premier League outcomes; that includes only a few that went in our favour and an up to date league desk.
After accidents to Lewis Corridor and Sven Botman, Anthony Gordon’s three-game suspension and an FA Cup exit in added time the earlier Sunday, it’s no shock to see outcomes additionally went in opposition to us over the weekend!
The early kick-off on Saturday noticed Nottingham Forest beat Man Metropolis 1-0, that means the Reds are actually as much as 51pts and 7 away from Newcastle United.
Then got here the 3pm kick-offs later that day, the place Brighton (46pts) moved two above us because of a stoppage time win over Fulham, whereas Aston Villa (45pts) grew to become the newest aspect to leapfrog us following a 1-0 win away to Brentford.
That left us in eighth on Saturday night time, however Sunday noticed us drop one other place as Bournemouth (44pts) – who ought to’ve received at 2-0 up – got here away from Tottenham with solely some extent in a 2-2 draw, leaving them degree with us on factors having performed a sport extra.
Seeing the Cherries drop two factors late on was excellent news from a Newcastle perspective, however one other of yesterday’s 2pm kick-off noticed Chelsea (49pts) edge out Leicester 1-0, seeing them transfer 5 clear as we ended the weekend in ninth.
The excellent news is a win tonight sends us bac as much as sixth, 4 behind Forest, two off Chelsea and only one from Man Metropolis. It’s additionally value noting we now have two video games in hand on Villa, as issues stand.
That’s the purpose, not simply to spice up our standing within the league, which all of the sudden seems a bit bleak after a weekend or unhealthy outcomes elsewhere, however to additionally hand the workforce a much-needed injection of perception and momentum forward of Sunday’s remaining.
After a bruising week stuffed with unhealthy information and a weekend of outcomes that’s seen us fall to ninth, hopefully tonight is the kickstart we want forward of the run-in and Sunday’s journey to Wembley.
Howay the lads!