Newcastle boss Eddie Howe offers Anthony Gordon verdict after reading the riot act

Anthony Gordon won and converted a punishment to gain a gully for Newcastle against Manchester City, with Eddie Howe saying the Magpies had their “bite back” aft a fewer under-par performances

Eddie Howe praised Anthony Gordon for bouncing backmost aft admitting helium work the riot enactment past week.

Gordon won and converted a punishment to gain a gully for Newcastle against Manchester City, with relieved Howe saying the Magpies had their “bite back” aft a fewer under-par performances. Defeat astatine Fulham past week saw Gordon criticised, but a monolithic emblem was unveiled by supporters corporate Wor Flags earlier the game.

Howe said: “Brilliant from Wor Flags, from everyone. Anthony needed a spot of love. I can’t emotion the players each the time. Sometimes I person to springiness them the other to get performances.

“We yet emotion them each and support them all, Anthony gets that from what helium has done since coming here. You could spot his effort and committedness contiguous and it arsenic a large effect from Anthony.

“You request steely determination to bushed the opponent, triumph tackles and duels. We had a wound to america which was large to see. Anthony is good susceptible of doing the (striker) role. The item for maine was his vigor and his running. He led the enactment truly good and I’m truly pleased that helium got his goal. Well deserved.

“Last week successful training, it was the astir we had reviewed the crippled with the players. They digested it and we analysed it with a presumption to producing better.

“Could we spell toed to toed with City? That’s the mindset, we tin beryllium what we privation to be. We are controlling what we deliver. There tin beryllium nary obstacle connected what we deliberation internally.

"It's hard to specify however radical respond successful definite situations. There's a fearfulness factor, you cognize you person to execute good oregon it could beryllium precise difficult. The situation for america is to find that consistency and that's what we are moving towards."

Newcastle look Wimbledon connected Tuesday successful the Carabao Cup and striker Alexander Isak volition beryllium missing with a breached toed again. Howe confirmed: “Definitely not disposable connected Tuesday, Let’s spot however helium looks earlier Everton, and earlier the planetary interruption too. We volition marque decisions. It is not superior but it's a niggle which is preventing him.”

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