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Eddie Howe Manchester City v Newcastle United pre-match press conference: Dominic Scurr reflects
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14/02/2025
Dominic Scurr reflects on Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe's pre match press conference ahead of the trip to Manchester City in the Premier League.
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Hello everyone, Dom Square here, outside the Newcastle United Media Centre where we've been
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speaking to Eddie Howe ahead of Newcastle United's trip to Manchester City in the Premier League,
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return to Premier League action after back-to-back cup wins for Eddie Howe's side,
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but the Premier League, I mean, generally speaking, in a great run of form, won 12 of the last
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14 in all competitions, but lost two of the last three in the Premier League as the wind
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just picks up here. Trying to shelter myself from the wind inside the dugout, but
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we'll see how things go. But yeah, Manchester City, not a happy hunting ground for Newcastle,
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but I'll tell you what, if you were offered being level on points with Manchester City,
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with only goals scored separating the sides 24 games into a Premier League season,
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you absolutely would have took it. You would have assumed something had gone very right.
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As it happens, Newcastle are probably there or thereabouts where you'd expect them to be
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in the league this season, and Manchester City have underperformed by their standards and
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we saw against Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek how vulnerable they can be,
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particularly defensively. I mean, you look at that third goal, Jude Bellum's goal for Real
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Madrid in particular, it was just a catalogue of errors, and that's something Newcastle,
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if you put Manchester City under pressure, capable of exposing, but historically,
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yeah, the Etihad, Newcastle have never won at the Etihad in the league. I think the last point
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they picked up was back in 2007, so yeah, a lot of defeats. You can cling to that Carabao Cup
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2-0 win back in 2014 with Orlando Aarons and Rusescu Zocos going, but yeah, still 11 years ago,
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so yeah, it's going to be an interesting test for Newcastle, interesting battle between two sides in
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I'd say contrasting run of forms, but having different sort of seasons, really, Man City way
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off where you'd expect them to be, but still a very good team in their own right, but Newcastle
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will go into this game, okay, lost two of the last three in the Premier League, but their away
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form is excellent, they've won the last six in a row in all competitions away from home, which
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considering all their talk last season was about their away struggles, certainly something they've
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addressed, and if you go into those six games, they've beaten the likes of Manchester United,
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Tottenham, Arsenal, all the way from home. Their last away defeat came back against Brentford,
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which is, I mean, almost two months ago now, actually probably is two months ago now, so yeah,
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going into the game, Newcastle, in terms of injuries, there was a bit of an update from
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Eddie Howe on the injury front, Anthony Gordon should be fine for the game, has returned
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to training, Dan Byrne should be very close for the game, positive results on a scan on his groin
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after going off at Birmingham City, so positive news for him, again, is probably still technically
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a doubt, but Eddie Howe said he's very close, and said Sven Botman wouldn't expect him to be
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available, so hadn't completely ruled out Sven Botman, but saying it's probably unlikely he will
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feature, so yeah, Anthony Gordon, okay, Dan Byrne, nearly said Dan Botman, Dan Byrne, likely,
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Sven Botman, unlikely, so no players ruled out for the previous injuries, the pre-existing injuries
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to Harvey Barnes, Joe Linton and Jamala Sells, but yeah, no player completely ruled out,
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Sven Botman looks like he probably will be, Dan Byrne looks like he may make the squad,
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and Anthony Gordon could even start the game after missing the Birmingham game, so yeah,
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positives, and a big talking point, actually, particularly from a national perspective,
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something the likes of Sky Sports and the national papers were keen to ask about, was this sort of,
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not rivalry, but the two best strikers in the Premier League going head-to-head in terms of
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Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak, they're sort of traditional number nines, leading the line,
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scoring goals, very different players in their own right, but yeah, two real world-class strikers
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were blessed with in the Premier League this season, or in recent seasons, and Eddie Howe was
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asked outright, would he rather have Alexander Isak or Erling Haaland, and I think you wouldn't
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be surprised to know he did pick Alexander Isak, just naturally, he said Pep Guardiola would pick
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Haaland, because these are the players you work with, and I wouldn't swap Alexander Isak for any
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striker in the world, so yeah, it's an interesting debate, who would you rather have, I'd say at the
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moment, and based on what I've seen from Alexander Isak the past 12 to 18 months, you'd rather have
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Isak in terms of what he offers away from goals, I think creatively, the way he drops deep, brings
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players into the game, and some of the passes he's grabbed, the assists over the past couple months,
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been very, very impressive, and I think he leads the line, and offers so much in an attacking
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sense, and has brought his game on, I think he's improved this season, Alexander Isak, from already
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a very high level, where he scored 25 goals last season, I think from that creative standpoint,
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and also take nothing away from his goals as well, I think he's really taking things up a level this
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season, and yeah, I would agree with Eddie Howe, I wouldn't swap him for any striker in the world,
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I think he's on current form, possibly the best striker in the world, so yeah, that was an
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interesting talking point, which I'm sure I will rumble on, but important to stress at the end of
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the press conference as well, Eddie Howe said, look, in terms of Alexander Isak's future, determined to
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keep him, he's the type of player Newcastle need to keep hold of, in order to get where they need
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to be, so yeah, shuts down or plays down any sort of potential exit talk, Newcastle obviously keen to
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get Isak tied down to a new deal, but again, there's no real rush for that, because he's
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under contract till 2028, but obviously when you've scored what will likely be
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potentially 50 goals over two seasons for the club, then you get rewarded for that, or you should
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get rewarded for that, and he'll feel the same way, and Eddie Howe will be keen to to get Alexander
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Isak committed long term to Newcastle, beyond the next three years potentially as well, because
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Erling Haaland's obviously signed a very long contract at Manchester City, Newcastle probably
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not quite that long, but certainly reward Alexander Isak for what he's done at Newcastle, particularly
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over the last 18 months, or since he's signed really, but obviously slight slow start for him,
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given his initial injury troubles, but yeah, world-class striker Newcastle are blessed with,
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and hopefully you can fire them to a rare three points against Manchester City, or first ever
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three points against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium this weekend, and we'll be covering it
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every step of the way, all the reaction from Eddie Howe's press conference over on the Shields Gazette,
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as well as all the fallout and coverage, player ratings from the match at the Etihad Stadium
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at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
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