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newcastle united captain bruno guimares He says he is angry after his team’s ‘disappointing’ and ‘disgraceful’ performance in the Tyne-Wear derby on Sunday.
The Magpies lost 1-0 at the Stadium of Light Sunderland Extended their unbeaten league game run to 10 matches against Newcastle.
hole Voltamede’s unfortunate suicide goal The only difference between the teams was in terms of scoreline but the Black Cats created the better chances throughout the game and limited Newcastle’s attacking capabilities.
So much so that the visitors managed only two shots on target and an xG of only 0.25.
“We didn’t perform as well as we could have,” Guimaraes told Sky Sports after the match. “It’s disappointing, it makes me angry. Today our performance was not there – not shooting the ball, not crossing the ball, not passing.
“It’s very disappointing for me to be here today but the fans are right to be angry because it’s hard to accept.
“Everyone came here and knew what it meant to the fans. The whole message in the changing room was ‘give it to the fans’ and we didn’t do that. It’s a shame.
“I’m very angry with the performance. We missed the consistency, that’s not there, the mentality isn’t there.”
Meanwhile, the Newcastle boss eddie howe Apologized for the defeat and particularly the lack of attacking threat in the final third, saying that his players ‘were where we needed to be’.
“This is going to sting for a long time,” Howe said. “Our performance was not what we needed. Not from a defensive point of view, we defended very well, but a big moment went against us.
“Criticism comes with every defeat, but it will be more intense and stronger with this defeat because of the importance of the game. That’s why it hurts so much, I’m very disappointed for our supporters and sorry for the performances in terms of lacking the goalmouth action and clinical attacking that we have prided ourselves on in recent seasons.”
Sunderland’s Dan Ballard, who won the man of the match award, said: “It wasn’t the prettiest game but we hung in there, we fought hard and thoroughly deserved the win.”