In keeping with their week and their current mood Newcastle roared plenty, but the bite never came. They and Crystal Palace might have shared a sense that their positive starts to the season had not quite garnered the tangible reward they should have but their post-match sentiments will be acutely contrasting. Tyneside frustration juxtaposed with south London satisfaction.
“There’s no way we could do that again if we tried,” said an exasperated Eddie Howe after Newcastle missed a series of chances, and a Tyrick Mitchell own goal controversially ruled out for an apparent Joe Willock foul on Vicente Guaita.
