Eddie Howe was delighted to see Newcastle develop into the most recent aspect to utilise their set-piece menace as they won 2-0 against Tottenham to achieve the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
With Spurs one among a number of sides to make their dominance pay from dead-ball conditions this season, together with in opposition to Everton on the weekend, the Magpies displayed their very own menace as Fabian Schar rose highest to open the scoring at St James’ Park.
Nick Woltemade additionally used his top to get forward of Spurs goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky for the game-sealing second objective after the break and Toon boss Howe insisted it was one thing they’d labored on forward of this fourth-round tie.
He instructed Sky Sports activities: “[It’s] one thing we’ve labored actually exhausting on recently in our recreation and I believe we’ve the peak and energy to trigger groups issues.
“Its nice to see an amazing supply from Sandro [Tonali] and Fabian’s [Schar] header was high class.
“He’s all the time had a objective in him, he’s all the time had that inventive aspect of him recreation and it was an amazing second for him.”
Howe ‘happy’ after eight adjustments
Holders Newcastle have gotten formidable on this competitors however it was the hosts who made the extra adjustments to their XI forward of kick-off – eight to Spurs’ 4 – however had been pretty comfy in breezing previous their Premier League opponents.
Howe added: “Actually happy as a result of I believe while you make the adjustments we did you hope to see a efficiency that’s in step with our id and our expectations.
“I assumed the urgent early on within the recreation and normal angle of the gamers was superb.
“I believe with the way in which we work we wish to assume whatever the adjustments we make they ship a Newcastle efficiency in step with our expectations.
“It’s most essential that our angle is correct from minute one and the need to win that you simply want and we had. Individually I assumed there have been some actually good performances, collectively we had been robust.”
Subsequent up for Newcastle of their bid to achieve a 3rd Carabao Cup closing in 4 years is Fulham within the quarter-finals after the draw for the last eight was made after kick-off.
Frank criticises referee in lead-up to Newcastle opener
Spurs supervisor Thomas Frank was upset to see his aspect miss out on an opportunity to win extra silverware and expressed his points with the build-up to the Magpies opener – which noticed referee Chris Kavanagh enable play to start out whereas Djed Spence was down adjusting his boots.
He instructed BBC 5 reside: “At all times disappointing to lose, all the time disappointing to exit of the event that we’d like to progress in.
“Small margins determined the sport tonight – it was a really even recreation with possibilities and conditions in each bins. The 2 targets had been additionally small margins the place there was two errors.
“One [mistake] sadly from [referee] Chris Kavanagh, when it comes to issues you want to give. Djed Spence had his boot off – he wants time to tie his boot and he didn’t.
“His marker, Schar, scored. I’ve spoken to Chris about it, and we are going to preserve that between Chris and I.”
