Newcastle United supervisor Eddie Howe was unable to say whether or not Alexander Isak will probably be match for his or her Premier League finale towards Everton after he missed their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.
Isak was a shock omission from the squad with a groin damage, and the absence of the person who has 27 targets in all competitions this season was keenly felt at Emirates Stadium.
Newcastle dominated the primary half, however discovered David Raya in excellent type within the Arsenal aim as he made 5 saves to maintain the scores degree.
Arsenal have been a lot improved within the second half and Declan Rice’s beautiful long-range effort settled the sport, leaving Newcastle nonetheless needing a win over Everton on the ultimate day subsequent Sunday to make certain of Champions League soccer subsequent season.
Newcastle will probably be anticipated to assert that victory, however their job will probably be tougher if Isak just isn’t concerned, Callum Wilson having struggled to make an impression towards Arsenal.
“He’s bought a little bit of swelling in a muscle in his groin. So we hope that he will probably be okay fairly shortly however we don’t understand how he’ll be relating to subsequent week,” Howe instructed BBC Sport about his star striker’s health.
“Clearly it’s a fast turnaround, so he’s solely bought seven days to get himself match. Fingers crossed we are able to get there.”
Of Newcastle’s dip in efficiency after the interval, Howe added: “From our perspective we grew to become a little bit bit too passive.
“We have been a little bit bit sloppy on the ball at first of that second half, the place we’d been glorious on the ball earlier than then.
“I believe there’s stuff to study from, however I do suppose you’ve got spells like that away from dwelling, however I believe possibly we didn’t adapt fast sufficient.
“I believe we’ve got to take all of the positives from that first-half efficiency, we appeared sturdy, harmful, we have been an actual counter-attacking risk within the sport as nicely.
“I believed we defended fairly nicely. Nick [Pope] didn’t have an ideal deal to do within the sport. Dissatisfied to lose all the time, really feel we are able to do higher, however it was a very sturdy efficiency.”
