Premier League bosses are in agreement about Newcastle United as Pep Guardiola & Mikel Arteta make claim
The Magpies are 11 games into the 2024-25 campaign and currently sit eighth in the table, though are just one point behind third place Chelsea in what threatening to be one of most closely fought top-flights seasons for many, many years.
United had hit a bit of a lull after going five matches without a league win, however Howe’s side have turned it around in recent weeks with back-to-back wins against Arsenal and Nottingham Forest, as well as beating Chelsea to advance into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
Here’s a summary of what every top-flight manager they’ve faced has said about them in the opening months:
“Aggressive,” Martin said when asked what qualities Newcastle have. “They run so hard out of position and they had huge numbers physically last season – they were in the top two or three in the league. for sprint distance and high intensity runs.
“We have to prepare very well because the demands of playing against Newcastle United will be very high,” said Iraola ahead of the game. “They have won (against Southampton) playing with 10 players. They are a team that defends very well, attacks very fast and has individual players who can make a difference.
“We will have to be at our very best if we want to have some success against them. We will try to do it because, if we are at our level, I don’t think we are an easy team for them as well.”
Speaking after Spurs’ 2-1 defeat at St James’ Park, Postecoglu said: “Very similar I guess to our first away game when we controlled it for the most part, nullified most of the threats that Newcastle have.
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