Howe breaks Pep curse as Newcastle eliminate City
Eddie Howe beat Pep Guardiola for the first time as Newcastle knocked Manchester City out of the Carabao Cup.
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00:00 "My record against him isn't good, so it's nice to win. But most importantly it's not
00:06 about that, it's about trying to progress in the competition and delighted with the
00:10 players, delighted with the efforts that they gave. Very difficult game for us in that first
00:15 half, I thought they played very well. I thought we defended very well because we had to, because
00:20 we struggled, didn't have much rhythm. But then the second half was a totally different
00:25 performance. The balance of the team was much better and Anthony and Bruno, I thought both
00:30 improved our performance. That's no reflection of the other lads, they're just high-level
00:34 players, made a couple of tactical tweaks and they did change the game. I think they
00:39 just gave us more confidence and in and out of possession I thought we were better. We
00:44 posed them problems and gave them less respect. So really pleased with their impact and their
00:50 mentality is coming onto the pitch, they were determined to help us. But I think the most
00:54 important thing in that first half when we weren't playing well is that we didn't concede
00:57 and we stayed in the game and that gave us the opportunity in the second half to change