Newcastle United could be without key trio for season-defining Leicester City bout

21.05.2023 - 21:19 arabnews.com

NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe is hoping ‘machine’ Joelinton is fit to face Leicester City with his Champions League-chasing Magpies suffering an end-of-season injury crisis.

Newcastle United will be without Joe Willock, injured in the win over Brighton last Thursday, for the final two games of the campaign — and news is no better on Sean Longstaff and Jacob Murphy, with the key duo having yet to return to training at the club’s Benton base.

But with only one point needed to secure Champions League qualification, following Aston Villa’s point at fifth-placed Liverpool, Newcastle boss Howe is hoping he’ll be able to patch up talisman Joelinton for the Monday night visit of the 19th-placed Foxes. “We’ll want the same again, I’ve got no doubt the crowd will be there for us.

We really have to take the good feeling from Brighton and the confidence that game should give us but then forget it and focus purely on a totally different game,” said Howe. “Tactically, it will be totally different, but we have to be ready for a tough match. “We’ve got a few concerns.

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