A video of the whole Europa League Group D match between Club Brugge and Newcastle United at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges, along with a link to ESPN’s online highlights.
Apologies for the quality so far, but as usual I will update them with some better ones when they come along. In the mean time, there are some MUCH better highlights from ESPN here.
It was a case of “same old same old” from Pardew at the start as Liverpool were all over the Magpies at the start. However, they were also rather sterile when it came to the crunch and couldn’t put a goal past the obstinate newcastle defence. So, for once this season, Newcastle United weren’t a goal or two down before the inevitable improvement came. As usual though, it took some exceptional play from two of the usual suspects, Hatem Ben Arfa and Yohan Cabaye to combine for an opening goal for the Magpies. Ben Arfa’s silky dribbling skills took him through two Liverpool players before he floated in a great cross to the far post for his fellow Frenchman. Cabaye more than kept his end up too with an excellent finish from what looked like a very tricky angle. (more…)