Pardew - The Rantings Of A Man Under Pressure!

Alan Pardew today offered a staunch defence of his team after Newcastle United fell to a second successive Tyne-Wear derby defeat. Alan Pardew: “If you have any sort of knowledge of the game, there looked like only being one winner. “But at 1-1 you’re still vulnerable. If we’d have got the second goal, we’ve have won. “We could have looked to tie the game up. “We looked for the win – you can’t knock us for that. “That one incident, where we switched us, has cost us. “The referee’s played a part. I don’t think it’s a foul. “Our players momentarily stopped. We should have had a throw in. “The linesman indicated a throw in. They’ve gone down the other end and got a goal with their first shot of the second half. “It was a game we looked like winning, let alone drawing, and so it’s particularly galling to lose. “We’ve got to pick ourselves up. We’ve got a big week ahead of us. “We should have done better there (for Fletcher’s goal). “They got a fast start. They got a goal early. “It was all the makings of a difficult afternoon, but we turned it around. “That was good character from the team, but the goal was a killer. “We didn’t deserve that.” Source: Newcastle United Mad

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