Roberto De Zerbi with some interesting comments on Newcastle United after taking away a point | OneFootball

Roberto De Zerbi watched on as his side took the lead on 18 minutes.

However, Sean Longstaff equalising on the stroke of half-time.

Neither side could find a winner in the second half as the draining conditions left both sides knackered by the end, A combination of the sunshine and a long season taking effect.

Newcastle United the ones pressing for the winner towards the end and Roberto De Zerbi declaring himself happy with the performance and point.

Roberto De Zerbi reacting to Newcastle 1 Brighton 1:

“To finish in the top ten would be a great result.

“I think better than last season [when finishing sixth] because we have had a lot of injuries and we have played in the Europa League.

“I am really pleased with the performance today.

“We played against one of the best teams in terms of physical condition in this moment.

“In this stadium the atmosphere is incredible.

“The level of difficulty of this game was high.

“But we played in our style, with courage and ideas.

“We are not in the best moment in my time but we have to play with personality and ideas and I’m pleased we did that today.

“We suffered in the last 25 minutes and their four changes made a difference.

“But we have to be proud of the performance.

“We have two tough home games but we would like to finish in the top ten.”

Stats via BBC Sport:

Newcastle 1 Brighton 1 – Saturday 11 May 3pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Longstaff 45+5

Brighton:

Veltman 18

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Brighton 45% (40%) Newcastle 55% (60%)

Total shots were Brighton 15 (10) Newcastle 18 (10)

Shots on target were Brighton 4 (3) Newcastle 7 (4)

Corners were Brighton 4 (3) Newcastle 8 (6)

Referee: Darren England

Newcastle team v Brighton:

Dubravka, Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Hall (Trippier 90+2), Longstaff (Joelinton 68), Bruno, Anderson, J Murphy (Almiron 68), Gordon, Isak (Barnes 68)

Unused subs:

Pope, Dummett, Ritchie, White, A Murphy

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Newcastle United matches now confirmed for rest of the season:

Wednesday 15 May 2024 – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Sunday 19 May 2024 – Brentford v Newcastle (4pm)

(The final day of the season live TV matches will be selected closer to the day but all 10 PL games will be same time same day)

Wednesday 22 May 2024 – Tottenham v Newcastle (at MCG – Melbourne Cricket Ground)