Eddie Howe has spoken of his frustration after Newcastle United's testing first-half against 1860 Munich - but insists his team were feeling the effects of a tough week. The Magpies earned a 3-0 win in the end and looked better after the break when the likes of Sven Botman and Bruno Guimaraes started to run the show.
However, Howe felt the third tier German side tried their best to break Newcastle's early rhythm. Howe said: "The first half was difficult as they were clearly trying to slow the game down which is their right. The referee didn't help us with that because we wanted the opposite.
"We wanted a quick game with a lot of running but it wasn't there in the first half - it was a dead game. We didn't really get what we wanted. I didn't think we helped ourselves with that I thought we were lethargic but certainly we have worked the players hard.
