Howe reacts to Newcastle's first away win this season against Everton

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Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, UK.  29/11/25

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00:00You alright?

00:10You alright?

00:11You alright?

00:15You alright?

00:27Want your starters off?

00:29It goes without saying, Eddie, you must be absolutely delighted.

00:35We've sat here and talked to you away from home plenty of times this season

00:38and it hasn't gone so well, but that was superb tonight.

00:41You could say that again.

00:42I'm just pleased I don't have to answer the dreaded questions on it.

00:46We've got a lot of work to do, obviously, to consistently say

00:51that we've solved some of the issues that we've had,

00:55but it's a step forward and that's a big moment for us,

00:58confidence-wise, for the general feeling,

01:01back-to-back wins in the Premier League, that will help us no end.

01:04And now we have two home games that we need to try and capitalise on.

01:07And how pleasing particularly that you've made changes tonight.

01:11You've brought in the likes of Lewis, Anthony,

01:13who maybe haven't played an awful lot of football in the last couple of months,

01:16but they were big, big parts of that win tonight for you.

01:20Yeah, they were. I was really pleased for the squad today

01:22because it was a squad victory, really.

01:25We made changes because I wanted no fatigue on the pitch.

01:29I didn't want the feeling that I had after the Brentford game,

01:32the West Ham game, where I felt we were tired and lethargic.

01:36So with that in mind, I think we have to trust the squad and use the squad.

01:40And they repaid that faith.

01:44The players that came in, I thought, were excellent.

01:45The players that remained from the previous games did well too.

01:49I thought we had a good look about us.

01:50I thought we had our athleticism and pace in the right areas of the pitch.

01:54And yeah, the players played very well.

01:57It's interesting.

01:58You always say that new signings take a bit of time to adjust to you,

02:01but the three of them today, Malik Chow, Volta Marder,

02:04and Anthony Ilanga played a really big part in that victory today,

02:07which must give you some satisfaction as well.

02:10Yeah, I think you can never sort of tell how long it's going to take

02:14for any player to settle fully.

02:17I think all three players that you mentioned there

02:19can easily play and do well in the team.

02:22Just some take longer to get to grips with tactically how we do things

02:26or our style of play.

02:28But I'm pleased with all three players that you mentioned.

02:30All the summer signings, I believe, are good players

02:32and will help us long-term.

02:34It was great to see Nick score again and Anthony assist him.

02:38Scoring from set plays has been something we haven't done enough.

02:41It was great to see that aspect of our play very strong today as well.

02:45So I think there's a lot of positives to take.

02:46How important are your two young English full-backs as well?

02:50Hugely important for us.

02:52We're under no illusions.

02:54They're big players.

02:54They bring their athleticism, their technical quality,

02:59their ability to get up and down the pitch.

03:01I thought they were both very good today.

03:02Lewis suffered a bit of cramp at the end.

03:04So we need to continue to build up his resilience and his robustness.

03:08But two good performances.

03:13Eddie, if Nick Pope had been fitted here,

03:16would he have started the game?

03:18Good try.

03:19That's something for me to know, I think.

03:25Nick, we're disappointed to lose him.

03:27You know, we can't afford to lose any player.

03:30He suffered an injury just towards the end of training.

03:34I didn't name the team yesterday.

03:37So we were just training as normal.

03:39And he just, I think, wrong-footed on a shot

03:42and just felt something in his groin.

03:43More after training than sort of in that moment.

03:45And, yeah, we hope he's not out for long.

03:48We need him back.

03:49He'll have a scan in the next few days to find the damage.

03:52Ram's still coming in.

03:54Couldn't have had a better night.

03:56I mean, let one in at the end,

03:57but couldn't have had a better night.

03:58Really give the team a different dimension in some ways.

04:01Yeah, I would say Nick and Aaron are very different goalkeepers.

04:05They've got different strengths.

04:06Still very effective, both of them.

04:08And Aaron, I think, showed his qualities with the ball at his feet today.

04:11He distributed the ball very well.

04:13It wasn't overly work necessarily in terms of shots,

04:15but what he did have to handle it, I thought he did well.

04:18I don't think he'd do much with the goal.

04:20So I think it's a good day for him

04:22and for the back four in front of him.

04:24Just a good day for the team in general, really.

04:26Eddie, it felt like you got around Nick a lot more up the top end.

04:38Some of those games that you referenced there,

04:39he was perhaps a bit isolated,

04:41but it felt like you got up the pitch

04:42and he was a lot more involved.

04:44Yeah, I'd agree with that.

04:45I think possibly linked to athleticism as well

04:49and freshness and the ability for the players to run.

04:51As I said, those two games that I mentioned

04:53that stick out in my mind as negatives were we looked lethargic and tired.

04:57And the European games take so much out of you in different ways.

05:01We obviously had a very late night in Marseille on Tuesday,

05:04travelling back,

05:04and I had to try and get the week right

05:07to try and get the players entering this pitch

05:09physically able to match Everton

05:11and surpass Everton if possible physically.

05:13And I felt that was a big sort of tick in the box for the players

05:17because on midfield where the game's won and lost for me every week,

05:22I thought we were really strong.

05:23Louis played a big part in that.

05:24Congratulations to him on a really strong performance,

05:26goal and assist.

05:27A really good day for him personally, I think.

05:29Yeah, and I guess for him as well,

05:31to try and break into that midfield

05:33is probably your strongest part of the team, isn't it?

05:35I mean, top players in there,

05:37but for him to come on and give you that option now moving forward,

05:40it just makes the squad look a lot stronger.

05:42Yeah, it's not only Louis.

05:44I mean, you've got Joe Willock coming on the pitch

05:46and doing well again today after doing well in midweek.

05:48Jacob Ramsey coming on and doing really well again.

05:51So I think the strength of that unit is improving all the time

05:55and it's given me a lot of good options to have,

05:57especially like today I put the two midfielders on in wide areas

05:59and they helped us see the game out.

06:03You want the options, you want the strength.

06:05We've got a few injuries at the moment,

06:06which we need to try and navigate this period

06:10and try and get as many players back as quickly as possible.

06:12Eddie, the moments at the end when you were in front of the fans

06:17and just soaking in that moment,

06:18that must have been important for you and the players

06:21as well as the fans, really.

06:23Yeah, really important because obviously we haven't had that feeling enough

06:27or at all.

06:28I felt a real sense of disappointment and regret really in Marseille

06:33because the supporters have had a difficult journey there.

06:36It was a difficult experience for some of them

06:38and I felt we let them down to a degree.

06:40We couldn't get the win or a positive result

06:43that maybe our performance deserved,

06:45but I think our supporters deserve.

06:48And very pleased today that we're able to put that right

06:51and give them that winning feeling to travel back to Newcastle with.

06:53You'll know by sight of Malik Chau,

07:05who got a player he was,

07:06but has he surprised you given how quick he's adapted to the Premier League?

07:11Yeah, again, like following on from Luke's question,

07:13you never quite know how long it will take a player

07:15to feel comfortable and confident within the team

07:18and with their peers and in the way that we play.

07:21I think Malik had a little period where he had to wait.

07:25Fabi and Dan had done really, really well.

07:27Then I think Fabi got a concussion.

07:29He got an opportunity and he's never looked back from that moment.

07:31And today I thought he was outstanding.

07:33Two great goals, two huge moments for us.

07:37But he's been really consistent.

07:39I think that's the biggest compliment I can give him.

07:41He's physically been able to handle the games.

07:45He's looked really strong and another top performance.

07:48And have you overcome a mental blockage today by winning on the road?

07:51Time will tell.

07:52I'm not going to make any massive statement after winning today.

07:56It's a good feeling.

07:57It's an important win for us.

07:58I thought we went well as well.

08:00I think that was important.

08:01We scored goals, which we haven't done enough of.

08:04But there's a long way to go.

08:10Hi, Eddie.

08:11You said yesterday about how good Lewis made his crossing quality was.

08:14And obviously we saw that come into fruition straight away

08:16with the corner for the first goal.

08:18And the set pieces all night seem to cause them real problems.

08:20How pleased were you with that aspect of the game tonight?

08:22Very pleased.

08:23It's something we haven't done well enough so far this season.

08:26I think historically we've been very, very good from set plays.

08:28We've always scored goals and looked like we're going to score.

08:30And I think we've been unfortunate a few times that we haven't scored more.

08:34I think the chances have been there for us.

08:36But today, Malik scored two great headers.

08:41Big moments.

08:42You need to be on the right side of set plays.

08:44If you're on the wrong side, it will cost you games,

08:45as the Arsenal game did for us.

08:48But also can win your games.

08:50And we're delighted to be on the right side today.

08:52And just in terms of the Premier League,

08:53obviously it's a second successive win now after beating Man City last weekend.

08:56How important do you think it is now to sort of build that momentum

08:59when the table's still congested?

09:01Yeah, well, it's huge.

09:02The two home games we have now.

09:04This is a big week for us.

09:05It's rare you have midweek Premier League games.

09:07So obviously we've been used to that with Europe.

09:10But this is the Premier League.

09:11This is so important.

09:12And Tottenham and Burnley at home, two massive games, two tough games.

09:16But we'll look forward to it after back-to-back wins.

09:22Hi, Eddie.

09:22You touched on Lewis Miley quite a bit.

09:24His 60th game for the club today.

09:26Is it almost easy to forget how young he is,

09:29given the maturity and quality he played with,

09:31particularly today but over the course of the past few years as well?

09:34It is very easy because when you see him play,

09:39he plays with a real maturity.

09:40He very rarely gets flustered about anything.

09:43He's very level, very calm.

09:45Not your normal average teenager.

09:48So the quality that he possesses, I think he's always had.

09:52I think athletically he's getting better.

09:53Technically, I think the goal is a great example of his technical quality,

09:59but the assist is even more pleasing for me.

10:03He's got a real challenge on to get more game time with the midfield that we have,

10:06but I certainly back him to do it.

10:08Sven Botman missed out today.

10:10You mentioned his back yesterday.

10:11Any update on him?

10:13He's been to see a specialist, I think,

10:15or he's going to see a specialist, should I say.

10:17Fingers crossed it's not too long.

10:19Any absence with a player of Sven's qualities,

10:22especially with the injuries that he has had,

10:25is a blow for us.

10:26So fingers crossed.

10:30Cheers, guys.

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