Eddie Howe feels Nottingham Forest game was ‘another’ Newcastle should have won

Eddie Howe feels Nottingham Forest game was ‘another’ Newcastle should have won

Newcastle have had a disappointing Premier League season, and were held 1-1 by Nottingham Forest in what manager Eddie Howe felt was “another” game they should have won.

The Magpies took the lead in the 74th minute via Harvey Barnes but Elliot Anderson equalised in the 88th minute to snatch two points away from Newcastle.

Speaking after the game, Howe said: “It’s a decent performance but when you group everything that’s happened to us this season, it’s another game that we feel we should’ve won and we haven’t. Already we’re starting to digest why we didn’t, lessons to learn, things to improve. We dominated for large periods and should’ve scored more than one and then paid the price at the end.

“The team improved as the game went on. First half was a bit of a non-event and we changed things around at half time, moved some things around and were much better in the second half. The two subs made a big impact that was good to see – but then we just have to defend better. Of course, we had chances to get a second goal and we should have done and then we just didn’t defend the goal well enough at all.”

Newcastle are 13th in the league, and Howe now has his sights set on ending the campaign in a positive way.

“If we are able to win our last two games then we’d look at it positively but we have to leave with a better feeling than we have today. Ultimately the late goal changes the perception of ourselves and we put so much effort in, the lads are really trying, but we are just not putting it together for the whole game.”