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 in opposition to Everton after he missed their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.
Isak was a shock omission from the squad with a groin harm, and the absence of the person who has 27 objectives 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 purpose as he made 5 saves to maintain the scores stage.
Arsenal had been a lot improved within the second half and Declan Rice’s gorgeous long-range effort settled the sport, leaving Newcastle nonetheless needing a win over Everton on the ultimate day subsequent Sunday to make sure of Champions League soccer subsequent season.
Newcastle will probably be anticipated to assert that victory, however their activity will probably be tougher if Isak will not be concerned, Callum Wilson having struggled to make an affect in opposition to Arsenal.
“He’s acquired 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 know the way he’ll be concerning subsequent week,” Howe advised BBC Sport about his star striker’s health.
“Clearly it’s a fast turnaround, so he’s solely acquired 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 turned slightly bit too passive.
“We had been slightly bit sloppy on the ball at first of that second half, the place we’d been wonderful on the ball earlier than then.
“I feel there’s stuff to study from, however I do assume you have got spells like that away from residence, however I feel perhaps we didn’t adapt fast sufficient.
“I feel we’ve got to take all of the positives from that first-half efficiency, we regarded robust, harmful, we had been an actual counter-attacking risk within the recreation as properly.
“I assumed we defended fairly properly. Nick [Pope] didn’t have an awesome deal to do within the recreation. Upset to lose at all times, really feel we are able to do higher, however it was a very robust efficiency.”
