Vicario 5
Beaten hands down for all three Newcastle goals but saved well from Elliot Anderson after the break. A match to forget asap.
Porro 3
A horrendous back-pass from which was directly responsible for Newcastle’s second goal, and his inability to stay wide enough allowed Newcastle to get inside down the flank on numerous occasions. Utterly dreadful.
VDV 3
Booked, and ended up on his backside as Newcastle sent him flying for both of their first-half goals. 2 mistakes in two minutes - game over- Outrun by Isak for the third goal.
Romero 4
Disappeared, made one decent block, but that was about it, the backline that were given a runaround all afternoon, you'd hope as a WC winner he'd stand tall and lead the fightback, but he just got arsey and showed no leadership yet again.
Udogie 3
His positioning for much if not most of the game was a shambles and opened up our left for them to do whatever they like for much of the game
Bentancur 3
Totally outpaced by Gordon in a straight sprint early on and never really recovered. Deserved to be subbed earlier than he was, he is miles off - whatever is going on with his ankle still, it's affecting him badly.
Bissouma 4
Put in a busy effort but to little effect as the rest looked like trees, he too was also replaced before 60 minutes and was probably relieved to be.
Johnson 4
This game could have ended differently if he had converted from Johnson’s excellent cross early on. But it was a sign of things to come as just didn't achieve anything after that.
Maddison 4
He was partly responsible for our over-plying in attack. Poor decision, another who looked out of sorts.
Werner 6
our second-best performer, always an outlet on the left flank and was adventurous with the ball at his feet, but his finishing makes my stomach churn and my eyes roll.
Son 4
waste of space.
Subs:
Royal 3
Just please move him on, he is not good enough in any aspect of his play.
Hojbjerg 5
Amazing how as we falter, he seems to do better than most - why?.
Sarr 3
anonymous, again. Going backwards. Needs rebuilding/resting.
Kulu 6.5
Made some nice runs down the right but was rarely found by his team-mates. More threatening than either Johnson or Son had been. Put in 100% effort but couldn't turn it around on his own.
Lo Celso N/A - he should have been on for Maddison much much sooner.
Ange 3 - his passivity on the touch line is tough to take when we perform like this. Seemed frozen and had no idea what to do next.