Nathan Jones has hailed Newcastle United as the 'most powerful' team in the Premier League after watching the Magpies defeat his Southampton side in the first-leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.
Newcastle have taken a slender lead back to St James' Park for the return fixture next week after Joelinton fired his side to a 1-0 win against the 10-man Saints on Tuesday night. While Newcastle were not at their absolute best at St Mary's - the visitors wasted a host of chances before Joelinton broke the deadlock in the 73rd minute - they got the job done to take another step towards Wembley.
It was the first time Jones had come up against Newcastle since taking charge of Southampton and the Saints boss could not help but be impressed by a 'big, strong, powerful, well-drilled side', who he readily admitted were the 'bigger team' physically.
