Still waiting for his first league win at St James’ Park, in either of his spells in England, Mourinho then went on to suggest that part of the reason is that Newcastle pick their matches.
Citing “awful individual performances” and a first-half display from Chelsea that he rated minus one out of 10, Jose Mourinho was both “relieved” and “disappointed” at Chelsea’s 2-2 draw at Newcastle United here last night.
Combatants on both sides will need to focus their attention firmly on the pitch, but if they can go against recent history then Chelsea will aim to prove that their mini-crisis is over. Last season’s player of the year continues to misfire and his decision to blast the...
But even more damaging for morale at the north east club was Wednesday’s 1-0 defeat to second-tier Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup, which was greeted by a chorus of boos from the Toon Army.
Manchester United will be aiming to keep their 100 per cent record in the Premier League this season in tact when they host Newcastle on Saturday. He’s scored just one goal from nine shots on target in his last 11 league games.
After a scattered four years in the North-East, flop worldwide midfielder Mehdi Abeid has been sent out to Panathinaikos on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.
Newcastle United manager Steve McClaren has welcomed five new faces to St James’ Park so far this summer, with the club spending a fair amount of money to sign the likes of Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrovic and latest new arrival Florian Thauvin.
Tottenham’s indifferent start to the season continued as they managed to throw away a 2-0 lead to finished with just a point against Stoke, who were inspired by substitute and forgotten man Stephen Ireland into a stirring comeback at White Hart Lane. And United’s...
The 21 year old Serbian global joined Newcastle from Belgian side Anderlecht from £13 million in the summer and is a massive threat in the air but his discipline is appalling to say the least.
Emmanuel Riviere is likely to face surgery on his injured knee in the coming weeks as Newcastle United head coach Steve McClaren faces somewhat of a mini striking crisis.
With Montero putting in decent balls into the box, Ayew is fully expected to score and I am sure he would want to continue his goalscoring form against Newcastle.