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Daryl Murphy “If you get the nod you have to produce”

7 years ago
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Daryl Murphy turned in yet another excellent performance on Saturday teatime/night.

In only his third Championship start for Newcastle he scored his third goal, putting United 2-0 up against Huddersfield and setting them on the way to an eventual 3-1 victory.

The former Ipswich forward said after the final whistle that ‘if you get the nod you have to produce’, which will be music to Rafa’s ears.

After Matt Ritchie’s 10th minute penalty, Daryl Murphy put United 2-0 up before the break and the result was never then in doubt, despite Huddersfield enjoying three quarters of the possession.

Daryl Murphy talking to the official club website:

“We have got plenty of strikers here that are all fighting for that position and if you get the nod you have to produce – simple as that.

“I like that pressure on me to be honest because I know what I have to do, if I get in the team I have to score goals and thankfully I did that here.

“I know I’m always going to get chances when I do start and it is just a case of taking them, I did that today.

“I got it off (the Huddersfield keeper) and I was going to cross it but I had a little look and they were quite a bit off their line so I thought I’d chance my luck, thankfully it went in.

“It (beating Huddersfield) was massive for us, we knew going into it that it’d be a very tough game. They’re a very good side and especially at home their form has been very good.

“But I think after the win against Brighton we were coming here with confidence and thankfully, we were able to get the result.

“They had a lot of possession and we knew they would – but we took our chances when they came and at the right times.

“3-1 maybe wasn’t a fair reflection but we kept getting the chances and we finished them off.

“We knew that was going to happen, we knew they would come out of the blocks in the second half, and we’ve seen that they always have quite a lot of possession.

“But I thought we managed it quite well, and at the end of the day, the three points is the most important thing.

“In any game you play, the opposition is going to put pressure on you at some stage of the game and it’s about how you stand up to that. I thought we did that really well today.

“We’ll go into that (Reading match) very confident after our last two games but there’s still a long way to go.

“It was a massive few points for us but there’s nothing won yet, We go into that game now and it’s another one we want three points from.”

Stats from BBC Sport:

Huddersfield 1 Newcastle 3

Newcastle: Ritchie 10 (Pen), Murphy 32, Gayle 90+1

Huddersfield: Mooy 72 (Pen)

Possession was Huddersfield  76% Newcastle 24%

Total shots were Huddersfield 16 Newcastle 6

Shots on target were Huddersfield 6 Newcastle 5

Corners were Huddersfield 9 Newcastle 3

Referee: Roger East

Newcastle United:

Darlow, Anita, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Ritchie, Colback (Gouffran 72), Shelvey, Atsu (Yedlin 82), Diame, Murphy (Gayle 66)

Unused Subs

Elliot, Hanley, Gamez, Perez

Crowd: 23,213 (Newcastle 1,900)

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