Manchester United Lost Hungry And Excited To Fall On The Ground At Newcastle United Headquarters

Manchester United lost at home to Newcastle United. (Photo: Twitter/@ManUtd)

JAKARTA - Manchester United had to swallow the bitter pill when they visited Newcastle United's headquarters at St James Park, Monday, April 3 in the morning WIB. The Red Devils lost 0-2.

The home team scored all the goals in the second half. It was Joe Willock and Callum Wilson who gave Newcastle three points from Erik ten Hag's side.

These three points are important for Newcastle who are fighting for tickets to qualify for the Champions League next season. They are now up to third in the standings with 50 points from 27 matches.

Meanwhile, Manchester also recorded 50 points. However, occupying fourth place due to losing the number of goal differences

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw said his team did not play well enough in this match. As a team, MU must recognize Newcastle's superiority this time, but not in terms of quality.

"I think Newcastle is a very good team but I don't think they won the game with quality today. I think they won it out of passion, desire, hunger, attitude. They obviously had higher motivation," Shaw told Sky Sports.

"It's unacceptable and we know it. It's a big game and they want it more. You need that motivation, you need passion, hunger, attitude, because it's a very difficult place to come, here."

"If we don't have it, we will suffer. It looks clear on the pitch. We didn't create too much, to be honest," he continued.

Shaw explained that their level of play decreased before the international break, our level dropped. It didn't come back after the break and was very visible from the match against Newcastle United.

Line-up:

Newcastle United (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar,tany Botman, Dan Burn; Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joe Willock (Elliot Anderson 84'); Jacob Murphy (Anthony Gordon 68'), Alexander Isak (Callum Wilson 79'), Allan Saint-Maximinn (Joelinton 68').

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane (Victor Lindelof 83 '), Leandro Martinez (Facundo Pelistri 83'), Luke Shaw; Marcel Sabitzer, Scott McTominay (Fred 82'); Antony (Jadon Sancho 62'), Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford; Wout Weghorst.