Newcastle United U21s face a fight to progress from this season's Premier League Cup after suffering a narrow home defeat to Crystal Palace. John-Kymani Gordon scored the only goal of the game at Whitley Park to condemn the young Magpies to a third straight loss in all competitions.
Elliott Dickman named six changes from the side who were thrashed at Bristol City in their opening Group E fixture. Jude Smith replaced Will Brown in goal, with Jordan Hackett, James Huntley, Lewis Miley, Alex Murphy and Isaac Westendorf all restored to the starting eleven.
Chances were few and far between in the first-half, and it was the visitors who broke the deadlock through Gordon shortly after the restart. The hosts pushed but were unable to find an equaliser, and here are three things we learned from Newcastle U21s' defeat on Monday night.
