Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle: What Howe and Elanga said
[Getty Images] Newcastle United boss Edddie Howe: "Tough way to go out. Really strange to sum that up. In the first half we were excellent, albeit both halves we didn't defend properly in key areas.
In the second half we weren't as good. "Psychologically, it was a tough one for the lads. They had that penalty right before half-time and scored quite quickly after half-time and psychologically, we didn't recover.
" On the penalty: "I'd need to see it again when I'm in a more controlled state before giving an opinion on it. " On Barcelona: "It's hard to play against them but in the first half we controlled it relatively well. A lot of counter-attack opportunities, great representation of how we play.
First goal to players' positioning, the second was a set play. Among all the good play, we gave them two goals. " "We have a massive game on Sunday [at home against Sunderland], so no time to dwell or feel sorry for ourselves.
Huge game for our city and club, we need to focus on that. " Newcastle United goalscorer Anthony Elanga: "Today it was the errors that cost us really. The support we had from the fans was amazing.