{"id":293079,"date":"2023-10-26T07:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293079"},"modified":"2023-10-26T07:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:09:02","slug":"alan-shearer-and-eddie-howe-clash-over-newcastles-loss-to-borussia-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/alan-shearer-and-eddie-howe-clash-over-newcastles-loss-to-borussia-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer and Eddie Howe clash over Newcastle’s loss to Borussia Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle prepare for Borussia Dortmund Champions League tie<\/h3>\n

Newcastle hero Alan Shearer insists the Magpies deserved to lose to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday night. But his view clashed with the opinion of Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, who thought his side had enough chances to get something out of the game. Felix Nmecha struck the only goal of the night at the end of the first half at St James\u2019 Park as the visitors ran out 1-0 winners.<\/p>\n

“You can’t say it was a fluke,\u201d Shearer told BBC Radio 5 Live. \u201cDortmund might have been lucky once or twice in the last 10 minutes when it hit the bar, but they defended so well. They have played Newcastle really well and played the crowd really well. They were such a threat on the break.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former England striker added: \u201cIf Newcastle are honest then I think they’ll accept they didn’t deserve anything from the game. With the form Newcastle have been [in] and the amount of goals they’ve been scoring, we were expecting that again this evening but it never really happened. Dortmund didn’t allow them to get a foot in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Howe disagreed as he told TNT Sports: \u201cWe grew into the game in the second half with the chances we created and the woodwork denied us. I don’t think we deserved to lose today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Newcastle returned to Champions League action as they looked to build on their 0-0 draw against AC Milan at the San Siro and their 4-1 home thrashing of Paris Saint-Germain earlier in the season. But as the rain poured down at St James\u2019 Park, the north east giants were unable to find the same intensity they had mustered in those showdowns.<\/p>\n

The home side did have chances to clinch at least a point, however, as Anthony Gordon was twice denied by Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel in the second half, with Callum Wilson also having an effort kept out. Wilson also saw a header hit the crossbar, before Gordon struck the frame of the goal in the closing stages.<\/p>\n