Eddie Howe has his players will need to be perfect if Newcastle are to mark their first Champions League home game for 20 years with a victory against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.
“It’s a very, very difficult assignment for us defensively,” Howe said as his Newcastle side prepared to face Kylian Mbappé and co. “Part of our challenge is to get the balance right between not leaving too much space behind us and creating enough danger in their box. We have to be perfect in that respect. It’s going to be very difficult to contain Mbappé but I don’t believe in man-marking.”