Yet there is a reason this Newcastle side have not kept a clean sheet since January. The Brazilian had the second he needed to look up and play a pass to Dani Olmo which, somehow, took a handful of flagging Newcastle players out of the game. Newcastle felt a similar gut wrench on home soil after conceding stoppage-time winners against Liverpool and Arsenal earlier this season, and a late equaliser at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur. Howe felt in the "cold light of day" his side would see such positives after they showed they can compete with the very best. "What a feeling it would have been to go there 1-0 up but we are level in the tie and all to play for."

Source: BBC March 11, 2026 00:33 UTC