Newcastle United prolonged their unbeaten run within the Premier League to 4 matches as they held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.
The Magpies might have been given a penalty early on within the match as Raphael Varane appeared to catch Callum Wilson after the ball had gone, however VAR opted in opposition to intervening to reverse the no-call from the referee.
They did have a chance to take the lead, nevertheless, as Joelinton missed a superb likelihood to attain. Only the Brazilian will be capable to inform you how he didn’t discover the again of the web within the first half as he managed to hit the crossbar after which the put up in fast succession from a Kieran Trippier cross.
Whilst supporters might level to a lack of motion from VAR on the Wilson and Varane incident as costing them the three factors, the actual villain for the Magpies was winger Jacob Murphy.
The former Norwich man put in a disappointing show as he struggled out huge, failing to make a constructive impression in or out of possession.
He had a chance to open the scoring for Newcastle within the first half as he dribbled by way of below strain however struck a shot straight at David De Gea. The Chronicle’s Lee Ryder described his try as “tame” and that might be used to sum up the remainder of his efficiency.
In possession, he was unfastened and ineffective with the probabilities he did get. As per SofaScore, he had 20 touches (fewer than Pope’s 37) and solely accomplished seven of his 12 tried passes (58%), while failing in 100% (1/1) of his tried dribbles.
These statistics present that he was unreliable when he had the ball at his ft as he gave it away virtually each different cross, together with lacking a good likelihood in entrance of objective, and struggled to get into the sport as his goalkeeper had extra touches than him.
Off the ball, Murphy was a liability for the group as he was bullied out of the sport by the Red Devils’ defenders. He misplaced 4 of his 5 (80%) particular person duels and solely made one deal with within the match, while failing to make a single clearance, interception, or block for his aspect.
He was too weak out on the precise wing and Howe will certainly be upset with the ahead’s shows, notably after he scored within the 5-1 win over Brentford final week.
Murphy was the actual villain for Newcastle, not VAR, as he failed to supply sufficient to be a match-winner for Newcastle within the absence of Allan Saint-Maximin.