Possibly rustiness having been out for so long. Coutinho with lovely skill but caught in two minds about whether to pass or shoot and ended up doing neither.
Lucas, Allen & Hendo have been brilliant so far. Breaking up play, offering support when going forward.
Lovely free kick from Hendo nearly getting Coutinho in. Lucas just blocking the man on the end of the wall. Sterling should have passed wide to Moreno then rather than shooting. Was 2 v 0 on the left
Should be putting this game to bed before HT... 1-0 at HT gives Newcastle a chance going into the 2nd.
As I said, a very good side would be more than one up by now having capitalised on that 10-15 minutes just gone when Newcastle were awol. We didn't.
Some of you on here need to take a reality check, creaming yourselves because we've been all over this lot. Yeah it's nice to watch but where were these kinds of performance and urgency when it actually mattered to stake a claim on our top 4 slot??