Thursday’s newspaper again pages are headlined on Newcastle’s heavy 7-2 defeat by within the Champions League within the second leg of the last-16 tie.
However regardless of an unflattering scoreline, former Premier League striker Chris Sutton instructed BBC Radio 5 Stay’s Champions League Debrief “there’s extra to it than that”.
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“On the face of it, you’d assume that Newcastle had been pummelled by Barcelona over the 2 video games, however that wasn’t the case,” stated Sutton.
“They have been pummelled for one half of 1 half of soccer and Newcastle gave such a very good account of themselves.
“Eddie Howe was daring of their method to dealing with Barcelona, by way of urgent them excessive, going man-for-man and going after them. You’re taking a danger by having that method as a result of Barcelona have some good attacking gamers, however Newcastle at all times regarded a risk.
“I assumed Newcastle would run out of steam, however I did not see it panning out like that second half and finally, Barcelona wiped the ground with them. It was a sorry and unhappy ending.”
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In the meantime, former Magpies defender John Anderson believes they “should defend higher” after making it too simple for Barcelona within the second half.
When requested about whether or not this thumping defeat may have an effect on Howe’s males for Sunday’s Tyne-Put on derby in opposition to at St James’ Park, Anderson instructed BBC Radio Newcastle: “No I do not assume so. They should get again on the horse – so to talk – and simply get on with it.
“They understand how huge this recreation goes to be and they’re going to keep in mind what occurred on the Stadium of Gentle and need to put that proper.”