Eddie Howe reacts to Mikel Arteta fury & the two Newcastle United injuries sustained vs Arsenal
Eddie Howe has reflected on the hard fought win over Arsenal at St James’ Park.
Eddie Howe has reflected on Newcastle United’s 1-0 win over Arsenal after Anthony Gordon netted the game clinching goal.
Gordon’s strike left Mikel Arteta fuming after the clash at St James’ Park but Howe cut a cool and composed figure. The Magpies stretched their unbeaten to seven matches in the top-flight thanks to the hard fought victory.
Arteta raged at full-time during an angry press conference, telling reporters: “I feel sick. It is a disgrace. I feel embarrassed to come here and defend this club.
“It is embarrassing what happened – how this goal stands, in the Premier League – this league we say is the best in the world. I’ve been 20 years in this country and now I feel ashamed. It’s a disgrace and there’s too much at stake here.”
“It is embarrassing what happened – how this goal stands, in the Premier League – this league we say is the best in the world. I’ve been 20 years in this country and now I feel ashamed. It’s a disgrace and there’s too much at stake here.”
Howe responded: “With every VAR check that was going on we thought one would cost us in the end. Initially I thought it was a good goal but I saw hesitation from the referee. Obviously pleased goal was given, a good goal from our perspective.
“It was a real battle between normally two teams a lot more fluid than that. Both teams knew we had to fight to win. Wasn’t a game of beauty. It was lot of aerial balls, which was a a marker of how hard the game was. Thankfully, we came out on top.”
Newcastle picked up two more injuries with Jacob Murphy going off after a recurrence of his shoulder injury and Dan Burn picking up a back injury. Howe said: “That’s the concern. A negative point from today, it looks like we have lost Dan [Burn]. We knew we were taking a risk with Jacob. But now he will have surgery on his shoulder.
“It shows we’ve got very good players still fit and available. We won’t feel sorry for ourselves. A big week for us, still two fixtures before the international break.”
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