added to Newcastle’s damage woes by choosing up a hamstring challenge within the semi-final first leg towards .
Murphy impressed throughout the first half of the League Cup conflict and was the best outlet for Newcastle whose gameplan concerned sitting again and attacking with tempo on the counter.
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Anthony Gordon had a number of moments of pleasure on the left however Murphy arrange the Magpies’ greatest likelihood with a run down the correct wing. He performed in a curling go to the toes of Yoane Wissa solely to look at the striker elevate his effort over the crossbar with lower than 5 minutes of the sport performed.
Manchester Metropolis went on to win the sport 2-0 because of objectives from Antoine Semenyo and Raya Cherki and the deficit may have been extra if Semenyo hadn’t had a second purpose dominated out
Newcastle restricted Man Metropolis’s output in entrance of purpose with Erling Haaland having simply seven pictures within the opening 45 minutes and Murphy was probably the most inventive participant for the hosts with repeated crosses and passes into the penalty space.
Nevertheless, he went to floor on the stroke of half-time and limped across the pitch clutching his hamstring earlier than supervisor changed him with Harvey Barnes.
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Murphy’s substitution may very well be a precautionary measure by the membership who’re seeing their damage listing mount after Tino Livramento was confirmed to overlook round two months with a hamstring downside of his personal earlier on Tuesday.
Murphy was changed by Harvey Barnes earlier than half-time throughout the match at St. James’ Park (REUTERS)
Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Emil Krafth and Jamaal Lascelles have been additionally sidelined for the Carabao Cup conflict with William Osula and Anthony Elanga nursing knocks as properly.
The rising listing of absentees comes at a difficult time for supervisor Eddie Howe and Newcastle who face Aston Villa residence and away, Manchester Metropolis away twice, Paris Saint-Germain away, Liverpool away, Brentford at residence, Tottenham Hotspur away and a possible Champions League knockout play-off over the subsequent six weeks.