Newcastle: Jacob Murphy was a liability

Newcastle United prolonged their unbeaten run within the Premier League to 4 matches as they held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw at Previous Trafford.

The Magpies may have been given a penalty early on within the match as Raphael Varane appeared to catch Callum Wilson after the ball had gone, however VAR opted in opposition to intervening to reverse the no-call from the referee.

They did have a possibility to take the lead, nevertheless, as Joelinton missed an excellent probability to attain. Solely the Brazilian will be capable to let you know how he didn’t discover the again of the online within the first half as he managed to hit the crossbar after which the submit in fast succession from a Kieran Trippier cross.

While supporters could level to a scarcity of motion from VAR on the Wilson and Varane incident as costing them the three factors, the true villain for the Magpies was winger Jacob Murphy.

The previous Norwich man put in a disappointing show as he struggled out vast, failing to make a constructive affect in or out of possession.

He had a possibility to open the scoring for Newcastle within the first half as he dribbled by below stress however struck a shot straight at David De Gea. The Chronicle’s Lee Ryder described his try as “tame” and that might be used to sum up the remainder of his efficiency.

In possession, he was free and ineffective with the probabilities he did get. As per SofaScore, he had 20 touches (fewer than Pope’s 37) and solely accomplished seven of his 12 tried passes (58%), while failing in 100% (1/1) of his tried dribbles.

These statistics present that he was unreliable when he had the ball at his toes as he gave it away nearly each different move, together with lacking a very good probability in entrance of purpose, and struggled to get into the sport as his goalkeeper had extra touches than him.

Off the ball, Murphy was a legal responsibility for the workforce as he was bullied out of the sport by the Purple Devils’ defenders. He misplaced 4 of his 5 (80%) particular person duels and solely made one sort out within the match, while failing to make a single clearance, interception, or block for his facet.

He was too weak out on the best wing and Howe will certainly be dissatisfied with the ahead’s shows, significantly after he scored within the 5-1 win over Brentford final week.

Murphy was the true villain for Newcastle, not VAR, as he failed to supply sufficient to be a match-winner for Newcastle within the absence of Allan Saint-Maximin.