Newcastle United drew at the weekend at home to Brighton.
Newcastle United produced an uninspiring performance at home to Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday night.
Newcastle drew 0-0, and were fortunate not to lose, with Fabian Schar’s remarkable goalline clearance clinching a point.
Former Newcastle striker Michael Chopra was not impressed with what he saw, and asked why the Toon struggled to keep possession.
Steve Bruce’s side managed a paltry 29 per cent of possession, a particularly poor figures considering they were the home team.
As Chopra pointed out, this was less than Watford managed against Manchester City, and they were hammed 8-0.
Fortunately Brighton are not City and they did not make Newcastle pay as a better team might have been able to do.
Watford managed 31 per cent of possession in their thrashing at the hands of City.
Newcastle now face a tricky run of games against Leicester, Manchester United, Chelsea and Wolves, and have some serious improving to do.
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