Newcastle 2 Athletic Bilbao 1 - Plenty of positives nufc
A second home game, consecutive days, completely different starting eleven.He certainly got that, a tight game on Friday night seeing a 1-0 victory over Atalanta, who were eighth last season in Serie A.
Maybe even the biggest moaner will accept there was most definitely method in his madness. Two wins, only one goal conceded and twenty two first team squad players getting a full match, give or take a few minutes. Athletic Bilbao straight up the other end and when the ball cut back from the left, centre-forward Williams put his eight yard effort wide of the left post when he should have done better. A sign of things to come.
I think the visitors clearly had worked out that Bruno is a bit good and midway through the first half a ‘strong’ challenge saw the Brazilian needing treatment. It wouldn’t be the last tasty tackle he would experience. At 2-0 up, it wasn’t a case of Newcastle relaxing, more a case of Athletic Bilbao going for it and bringing fresh legs on. The final half hour seeing them increasingly dangerous.
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