Jon Dadi Bodvarsson and midfielder Costa were simply too hot to handle and with Newcastle, who had Vurnon Anita sent off for a late challenge on substitute Ivan Cavaleiro, drastically under-performing all over the pitch, the visitors were good value for the points.
“The Newcastle United player was dismissed for serious foul play during the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 17th September”.
He said: “You have to change players, but we did it before and we were winning”.
“We didn’t have over confidence before Saturday’s game, you’d not hear anything like that from me”.
The 31-year-old scored his first worldwide goal earlier this month during the Republic of Ireland’s 2-2 draw with Serbia and is expected to make his first start during Newcastle’s EFL Cup third-round tie with Wolves later this evening.
Daryl Murphy and Achraf Lazaar both make their first appearances in a Newcastle shirt after summer moves from Ipswich Town and Palermo respectively, while DeAndre Yedlin makes his first Magpies start following his switch from Spurs.
“When I was at Valencia my wife said that we would win the league”.
Dwight Gayle featured for Newcastle against Wolves on Saturday afternoon. We need the fans to stick with the team. Some players will get an opportunity to replicate what they have been doing in the training sessions because I have been very happy with them there.
“Dean Dodds is confident had Gouffran been playing on Saturday the outcome would have been different, saying: “#nufc why could we score 2 on saturday oh wait yes thats right because gouffran wasnt playing!”