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Newcastle absolutely devastated by Champions League exit

Eddie Howe admitted Newcastle United had been “completely devastated” to have crashed out of the Champions League.

The Magpies knew {that a} win over AC Milan at St James’ Park is likely to be sufficient to squeak by means of to the knockout phases, offering Paris Saint-Germain had been unable to select up an away win in opposition to Borussia Dortmund.

PSG had been unable to get the job achieved in Germany, drawing 1-1 after Kylian Mbappe noticed a possible winner dominated out for offside, and that opened the door for Newcastle to qualify alongside Dortmund.

Howe’s injury-ravaged aspect had been on the right track to get the job achieved after Joelinton’s first half objective despatched the house crowd wild, however former Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic levelled proceedings up on the hour earlier than Samuel Chukwueze broke Toon hearts six minutes from time, incomes Milan a narrow 2-1 win.

“I assumed there have been some actually good bits, we had been dominant at instances, however in all probability wanted the second objective. We didn’t defend the 2 objectives effectively sufficient,” Howe instructed TNT Sports activities after the sport.

“It was very a lot finish to finish. Each groups had been determined to win. We needed to win the sport and we had been making an attempt to move for the Champions League so we needed to be courageous.

Newcastle had taken the lead through Joelinton, seen here celebrating with Bruno Guimaraes

Newcastle had taken the lead by means of Joelinton, seen right here celebrating with Bruno Guimaraes / Eurasia Sport Photographs/GettyImages

“They needed to be courageous. It made for an excellent sport. We did create probabilities and we’re completely devastated to not undergo.”

Newcastle‘s late defeat noticed Milan leapfrog them into third place within the group – Stefano Pioli’s aspect will now compete within the Europa League knockout spherical play-offs in a bid to drop into the final 16 of that competitors, whereas Howe’s aspect are out of Europe utterly.

On what Newcastle have realized from the expertise, Howe added: “A lot.

“The worth of the squad at the beginning, that’s what’s uncovered us, the actual fact we haven’t had the flexibility to utilise the squad we’ve created. We’ve gone into video games very restricted in what we will do and that hasn’t helped us.”

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