'Dominated' - Matthias Jaissle reacts to Newcastle United boos with bold Aston Villa claim
Johan Manzambi scored the only goal of the game as Newcastle United lost 1-0 to Aston Villa at St James’ Park.
There were audible boos at full-time as Newcastle United suffered a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa at St James’ Park.
The Magpies came into the game looking to bounce back from Monday night’s 4-1 defeat to Coventry City but failed to do so after Johan Manzambi’s header settled the game in the 36th minute.
Matthias Jaissle’s side huffed and puffed for an equaliser but ultimately registered just one shot on target when Sven Botman was denied by Villa goalkeeper Zion Suzuki at the beginning of the second half.
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Matthias Jaissle on Newcastle United’s defeat to Aston Villa
“Well, we're frustrated with the result,” Jaissle said. “We wanted to give our fans here at home a better one. When you go through the match, I think the response was there, especially until we conceded the first goal.
“We dominated the game, we controlled it, without being constantly in the opposition box. Yes, this is something we need to work on. That's also part of the truth, that the team was a bit shaky after the goal we conceded.
“But when the lads came out in the second half, I think straight away you felt that energy, that belief again, that today at least we want to go for the draw, if not for the win even.
“Yeah, the efficiency in the opposition box was then missing. That's clearly something we need to work on.
“Between the two boxes, everything was quite solid. Against a strong opponent, we made again a next step in the dual behaviour, in the aggressiveness, but in the final third we were lacking the decision-making today, or the decision-making was not good enough to be even more efficient and to create even more chances.
“And the few chances which should be also enough to score, we didn't use today.”
Matthias Jaissle reacts to St James’ Park boos
Asked about the boos at full-time, Jaissle said: “Yeah, they for sure also wished another result, like we did, so that's their right.
“They all come here to celebrate after 90 minutes with the team, for three points in the best occasion, and we couldn't deliver that today. Therefore, we are aware of that, and that's normal in football.
“We can just control what we're doing now during the week. We can work hard, we need to work hard on the things I just mentioned to improve these things with the young lads and then see a different result.”