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Newcastle United supervisor Eddie Howe was unable to say whether or not Alexander Isak shall 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 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 stage.
Arsenal had 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 shall be anticipated to assert that victory, however their job shall be more durable if Isak is just not concerned, Callum Wilson having struggled to make an impression in opposition to Arsenal.
“He’s bought a little bit of swelling in a muscle in his groin. So we hope that he shall 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 turned a bit bit too passive.
“We had been a 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 be taught from, however I do suppose you might have spells like that away from dwelling, however I believe perhaps we didn’t adapt fast sufficient.
“I believe we now have to take all of the positives from that first-half efficiency, we regarded robust, harmful, we had been an actual counter-attacking menace within the sport as effectively.
“I assumed we defended fairly effectively. Nick [Pope] didn’t have an important deal to do within the sport. Upset to lose at all times, really feel we are able to do higher, but it surely was a very robust efficiency.”