Eddie Howe Haunted by Memories of Last Season’s Liverpool Encounters
Eddie Howe will send his Newcastle side into battle with Liverpool still haunted by the memories of their encounters last season.
The Premier League is a highly competitive environment and every team is vying for a chance to make their mark. For Newcastle United, their rivalry with Liverpool has been a source of great pride and frustration. Last season, the Reds were the only club to complete a double over the Magpies, although they gained a measure of revenge when they went on to finish fourth – one place and four points better off than Jurgen Klopp’s men.
Fabio Carvalho Winner at Anfield
However, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admits it does not take much to stoke memories of the Fabio Carvalho winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time which handed Liverpool victory at Anfield last August, or the red card in a 2-0 defeat in the reverse fixture which cost goalkeeper Nick Pope his place in the Carabao Cup final.
Howe said: “I move on quickly from the game in the sense that then you have to prepare the next one, but I think the emotion of the game and the feeling and the memories of the game, they stay with you for some time.
“The memories of last year’s games, they’re with me. I can visualise certain moments, but then you have to detach yourself from that and go, ‘right, how do we prepare this one?’, because whether it’s tactical or whatever the thing is that you think you can do better, it’s about then delivering that to the best of your ability.”
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