00:00Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has publicly backed Nick Pope following a mistake from the goalkeeper
00:06that ultimately led to Marseille's equaliser in Newcastle United's 2-1 defeat on the French South Coast in the Champions League.
00:15Newcastle were leading 1-0 at half-time before Pope tried to clear the ball, was rounded by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Marseille to equalise.
00:24Well, I think a concern when we concede goals, regardless of who's at fault, I think we have to look at everything with a balanced head.
00:31Nick saved us many times, he made some really good saves against Manchester City just two days ago, that's the life of a goalkeeper.
00:37But I certainly back him.
00:39That's a big disappointment today because we'd played so well in the first half, you know, we'd done everything, not everything right, but the majority of things right.
00:46I think we'd been a threat, we'd been athletically really good, it was a much improved performance in the Brentford game.
00:51And for me, the performance today was strong.
00:56You know, I thought we did carry a goal threat, which at times, away from home this year, we haven't.
01:00You know, I think we had 20 shots in the end and so I was pleased with a lot of the performance.
01:04Of course, the two goals, the manner of the goals, disappointing.
01:07Yes, chucking away a lead again, very disappointing.
01:10Losing away from home, very disappointing, but I thought they were positive signs.
01:13And Middlesbrough assistant manager Adie Vyvash has said that there were positives to take from Borough's 4-2 loss against Coventry City at the Riverside Stadium.
01:24I thought it was a high-quality championship game.
01:29I think, you know, you saw why they are what they are.
01:32You know, that we felt we really, really played really well at a lot of periods of the game.
01:39Started the game well, but then conceded a couple of goals that, you know, we're obviously disappointed with all the goals,
01:45but a couple of goals that we should do better with, I think.
01:49And that was a bit of a kick in the teeth because we had started really well.
01:54We had a couple of opportunities.
01:55They defended really well when Morgan got in once, clearance off the line.
02:01And then, you know, we managed to get one back and sort of then really had a purple patch again for 15 minutes,
02:07really dominated that last bit of the first half.
02:10The message at half-time was just about keep switching it, keep getting it wide.
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