DeAndre Yedlin sets high standards when playing in front of 52,000 at St James Park: “We lost concentration and gave them more of a sniff at goal than we should have”
One former and one current Newcastle striker makes EFL Team of The Week “A Newcastle striker at the double for the third game in a row, but this time it was Ayoze Perez grabbing the goals.”
When talking to real people, I can’t really articulate this detail as one will appear to be mental, so instead I settle for exhaling audibly and saying ‘potential banana skin’…Newcastle United at last enhancing the better things in life once again.
Ayoze Perez admits that Saturday’s game against Ipswich was a very important one for him personally, declaring afterwards: “The mood is really nice…you can enjoy the dressing room”.
Rafa Benitez quizzed as to whether Mohamed Diame has to respond to the Ayoze Perez performance on Saturday: “They can play well and say ‘Listen, I want to play more games’ – but teammates are doing the same.”