Louise Taylor was at St James’ Park this afternoon, and her verdict has landed. Here it is. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Eddie Howe’s turn on TNT. “I’m tired, actually … I need a lie down … it was intense … maybe not for the neutral an entertaining game, but fascinating if you were involved in it … a lack of goalmouth action but that’s down to the tactical set-up of both sides … a massive win against a really good team … once we scored, Arsenal played well … we were then content to defend well … we had to … they have threats all over the pitch … I’m really pleased with our defensive performance … heroic blocking … if you can’t play brilliant attacking football every week, you need to find different ways to win … to beat Arsenal shows our qualities.”
