Louise Taylor was at St James’ Park. Here’s her verdict. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Thomas Frank talks to Sky Sports. “Fantastic mentality and character … it has been a tough week … the courage and mentality the players showed was great … last 60 I am very happy with that performance … the ability to react to setbacks was great … [the penalty decision] was absolutely a big mistake from the VAR … the ref did very well to do the ref call, and they encourage the refereeing call on the pitch … that is never a penalty … so that late, to still come back, shows a lot … our fans were excellent … the way they supported [Guglielmo Vicario] I liked a lot … [Cristian Romero’s] header is an excellent striker’s goal, I haven’t seen many strikers score a header like that!”
