Newcastle suffered a harmful Champions League defeat as they had been crushed 2-0 by Borussia Dortmund at Sign-Iduna Park.
Niclas Fullkrug’s purpose put the Bundesliga aspect forward halfway by means of the primary half and although Joelinton had probabilities to stage issues up for Newcastle, Julian Brandt’s late strike on the counter-attack ended any hope of a comeback for Eddie Howe’s aspect.
The consequence leaves Newcastle with work to do if they’re to qualify for the knockout phases. They’re now three factors behind Dortmund with an away tie towards Paris Saint-Germain up subsequent, one that might finish their hopes of development if outcomes don’t go their manner.
How Newcastle’s night time went awry
Howe dropped Anthony Gordon, scorer of the winner towards Arsenal on Saturday, to the bench together with Miguel Almiron because the Newcastle boss was compelled to make use of his squad. Tino Livramento and Lewis Corridor had solely began Carabao Cup video games previous to this.
It was a take a look at for them within the early phases as Dortmund, roared on by that massive house help, had the higher of it from the outset. That interval of stress was rewarded when Marcel Sabitzer’s cut-back discovered the left foot of Fullkrug, who pounced to attain.
Dortmund had been thrashed by Bayern Munich in the identical stadium on the weekend however the help was usually vociferous and maybe Newcastle had been unlucky to really feel the backlash. Saturday’s loss stays Dortmund’s solely house defeat in over a yr.
Newcastle did reply and had alternatives to stage it up earlier than the interval. Joelinton failed to manage the ball when put by means of and the tall Brazilian was then unable to get sufficient behind a header that was saved comfortably sufficient by Gregor Kobel.
The introduction of Gordon and Almiron added some impetus and Joelinton missed the clearest of his probabilities early within the second half, heading Livramento’s harmful cross broad of the publish from point-blank vary. The sport was within the steadiness at that stage.
However compelled to open up seeking the equaliser, Newcastle had been picked off. The vigorous Karim Adeyemi sprang the counter-attack that left Livramento up towards two gamers. He backed off Brandt who capitalised, ending low to Nick Pope’s left to finish it as a contest.
Newcastle’s gamers applauded the away help on the finish and have had their moments on this marketing campaign. However these back-to-back defeats to Dortmund imply they are going to want one thing particular if the journey is to proceed into the knockout phases.
Newcastle’s remaining Champions League fixtures
November 28: Paris Saint-Germain (A) – kick-off 8pm
December 13: AC Milan (H) – kick-off 8pm
What’s next?
Saturday eleventh November 5:00pm
Kick off 5:30pm
Newcastle return to Premier League motion on Saturday once they journey to face head coach Eddie Howe’s former membership Bournemouth, stay on Sky Sports activities (kick-off 5.30pm).
Up subsequent for Borussia Dortmund is a visit to Stuttgart within the Bundesliga on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm).