• 8 months ago
Joe Buck reacts to Newcastle United's win over Fulham at Craven Cottage in the Premier League. The Magpies were made to work for the three points, but a late Bruno Guimaraes strike sealed all three points for Eddie Howe's side.
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00:00 So, Newcastle United bounce back from their late draw against Everton in midweek with
00:05 a win over Fulham here at Craven Cottage. It was a very tight game. To be fair, all
00:11 three games between these two sides have been this year. They've all been very tight, despite
00:14 what the scoreline may suggest. Newcastle beat Fulham 3-0 back at St James' Park in
00:18 December, a 2-0 FA Cup win here in January. Now, in April, they've recorded a 1-0 league
00:23 win and it was a game where Newcastle really didn't start very well. I think Eddie Howe
00:27 even said in his press conference after the game that he felt that the team didn't begin
00:33 the game well and they really stuck in that first half. It wasn't pretty at times but
00:37 they did what they haven't done in a lot of games. They managed to keep it tight and they
00:41 gave themselves a chance by going into the break, goalless. They might not have got a
00:44 goal but they kept Fulham at bay. They did have a couple of good chances of course but
00:48 Martin de Bravco was there to deny them. They gave themselves an opportunity in that first
00:52 half by being solid enough defensively that they could press on in the second half. Their
00:57 only real major concern from the first half was Joe Willock. He went off injured. Eddie
01:01 Howe confirmed after the game that it was a small setback for Willock. Nothing that
01:05 will hopefully keep him out too long term. I think he just thought that Willock wasn't
01:09 himself in that game. He was still feeling that Achilles injury and he replaced him with
01:12 Elliot Anderson who has been slowly getting back to his very best. So that was the only
01:16 disappointment from the first half but Nugat's battled well in the second half. Again, we
01:22 were better in the second half and probably just shaded in the second period. They thought
01:27 they'd gone ahead through Fabian Schär, Anthony Gordon's long cross just over Dan Byrne's
01:31 head but there was Schär to smash home. Everyone thought Nugat's had taken the lead at that
01:37 point. Everyone thought Nugat's had taken the lead in that seeding. Everyone put VAR
01:41 on him at that point. Referee Sam Allison was told to go to the modern half for a foul
01:45 on Byrne. It's a tough one. It's a soft call. I think even some of the Fulham fans sat behind
01:52 us in the press box and thought it was a soft call and one they got away with. But you can
01:56 see why on the replay it looked bad. Byrne's forearm does go into Calvin Bassie. So it
02:01 does look like it could be a foul but those complaints, they wouldn't be complaints from
02:09 Nugat's. Nugat's did very well to react from that. They scored through Bruno. No doubt
02:16 about that goal. Haverford-Barnes did well. Cross gets cleared out of Bruno Guimara. He
02:21 was smashing it in the bottom corner. Nugat's really took a deserved lead at that point.
02:26 They reacted very well from that disallowed goal. We saw in midweek Dan Byrne had a disallowed
02:29 goal and they weren't able to recover from that. If they'd scored that in midweek they
02:33 probably would have won the game 2-0 and ultimately end up drawing 1-1. But they reacted very
02:37 well from this goal. Eddie Howe told me after the game he was really impressed with how
02:42 his team were able to react from that setback. It was a good reaction from Nugat's on a good
02:48 match and one that they'll need. It's a win they needed against Fulham who have ambitions
02:52 of getting a New York certainty before this game. It's just another game where Nugat's
02:58 took seven points from three games this week. Or in beating up to the international break.
03:01 I think lots of fans would have taken that at the start of the week. Maybe not the way
03:05 the wins have come. I think everyone thought it would be evident in midweek. But it's a
03:09 good return. Seven points in three games in a week. They've got a week to prepare for
03:15 a huge match against Tottenham. That game against Tottenham is going to be really difficult.
03:18 There's no doubt about that. But they've given themselves an opportunity with a win today.
03:22 I think if they'd got beat or dropped points again that would have been a real tough game.
03:27 Nugat's would really have ended on a down low. But at least now they've got that win.
03:32 I don't think anyone expects them to do anything against Tottenham. So anything next week is
03:34 a bonus. But yeah, Nugat's tonight. Leave the capital. Leave Fulham with three points.
03:38 Again, I think Fulham will be sick of sighting Nugat's over CS.
03:42 Yeah, Nugat's will finish the day in eighth place. West Ham beat Wolves so they remain
03:46 in eighth. So as you were in the league table. But it's certainly a positive step in the
03:50 right direction. And one that we could look at in the season and think that was a crucial
03:54 result. It certainly feels a crucial result now. They had to get... They had to certainly
03:59 not get beat today and get a win. It's that level. That extra level. And this is what
04:02 Nugat's did last year. A lot. Nugat's went to teams like Fulham, went to places where
04:07 you think it's going to be a tough game and they won. And so they've done that again today.
04:11 And yeah, they'll have to do it again next week. And the game after that against Christchurch
04:15 Palace is a crucial few weeks coming up. But they're going to go into that on the back
04:19 of three games, two wins and a draw. I think that's probably the best Eddie Howe's side
04:23 can hope for. So yeah, Nugat's tonight have won Fulham. Eddie Howe's side win again.
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