Steve Bruce: The mass hysteria over Newcastle’s bad week was unfair | Football news

Steve Bruce has called the “mass hysteria” and criticism after Newcastle’s loss to Brentford midweek unfair.

Newcastle fell to a long-awaited 2-0 loss to Manchester City on Boxing Day, which did little to ease the pressure on Bruce with his team showing little ambition at the Etihad Stadium.

But it was the Carabao Cup quarter-final loss to championship Brentford in the middle of the week that upset fans the most, and Bruce urged fans and critics to accept where Newcastle stands and their goal: to stay in the Premier. League.

“We had a bad week and in my opinion some of the mass hysteria was unfair, unfair, and a lot of it was not right in my opinion. I’m going to say that, and that’s my opinion on it.

“All fans are like us, we have to accept where we are. It’s pretty straightforward like that. My mission is to make sure Newcastle remain a Premier League team, and that’s what I’ll try to achieve. That’s where we are.” I have been for the last two or three years.

“Of course for Newcastle, in the eyes of many people that is not enough, but that is where we are, but we have to accept it, we have to try to move forward a bit.

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“We lacked a bit of quality in the last third, we gave the ball away for the second goal, but I couldn’t criticize his effort, application and attitude towards the game.”

Newcastle held City to just two goals, but recorded just 24 percent possession and failed to create a clear shot of their own. Despite that, Bruce was delighted with the application shown by his players to respond after a difficult week.

Bruce also pointed out the aftermath of his Covid-19 outbreak and the impact it is still having on first-team players.

“Many positive aspects to take from the attitude and application of the team, which has been questioned in recent weeks. We were beaten by the best team, but the effort, the effort, the pace of work and the attitude were there for everyone to see.

“I will keep getting ahead of ourselves, we have had big problems with diseases, diseases. I am not a scientist, but I have seen Man City have two today, and I hope for their sake that figures do not double.

“We are also witnessing the aftermath, and we still have problems, it not only comes and goes, it has been a factor. We have had no choice but to rotate, so we hope” We will be a little healthier, because it helps, but not I can criticize your effort and application.

“Yeah, we weren’t good enough and we gave away a poor goal at a bad time, but we did it with our fists, and that’s all you can ask for.”

Pep: Best performance of the season in one sense

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was delighted with his team’s positioning and pace, saying it was the best performance of the season in that regard as they went from ninth to fifth in the Premier League.

“It was the best performance of the season [in terms of player positioning]. Our football has to be played at a pace.

“To do this, everyone has to be in position, do their job, and today was a great example. When a team plays with 10 players behind it is not easy to attack them, but the guys did very well. I am happy with the form. we play “.

Also he said BT sport: “We play with the tempo we have to play, we are a team that needs to make a lot of passes to run the game and attack at the right times.

“Today our positional play was perfect, we played in the right position, we committed very well, unfortunately we couldn’t score any more goals, but it’s a good result after what happened against West Bromwich.

“The whole season has had ups and downs, everyone wins and loses games, strange results for everyone, so be calm, we have to be so calm in the good and bad moments of this season.”

Whats Next?

Man City will now go to Everton on Monday at 8 pm, before going to Chelsea on January 3, live on Sky Sports Premier League at 4:30 pm

Newcastle now host champion Liverpool on Wednesday at 8pm, before hosting Leicester on January 3, live on Sky Sports Premier League at 2.15pm