Kieran Trippier will not let a nightmare night at Everton derail Newcastle’s season as they try to cure his bout of motion sickness.
The 33-year-old English full-back has been one of the stars of the Magpies’ resurgence since arriving at St James’ Park in January last year, but two errors in a row at Goodison Park on Thursday afternoon handed victory to Dwight McNeil and Abdoulaye Doucoure then had a chance to score and the Toffees cruised to a 3-0 victory.
Eddie Howe’s injury-hit side lead Trippier’s former club Tottenham on Sunday desperate for a response, and the hugely experienced defender is confident they can put a dark night behind them.
He said: “I’m not hiding. We have to keep going, we have another big game in three days.
“Listen, it’s one of those where you’ve made mistakes. Players make mistakes – I made a couple today, I put my hands up, take responsibility and now it’s about getting back on the bike and preparing for another big game in three days against Spurs.
“For me personally, I’m obviously very disappointed in my own actions at certain times in the game, but that’s something I’ll deal with. I’m an experienced player and I can handle these things.
“But the best thing about this is that there is a game in three days where we can try to fix it.
“It’s another tough test, like all Premier League games, but we can’t stop at this result and, like I said, we have to get on the bike and start again.”
Newcastle will head to north London having lost five of their 15 Premier League games this season, the same number as all of last campaign.
Four of those five defeats came away from Tyneside (at Manchester City, Brighton, Bournemouth and Everton), with a notable 8-0 win at Sheffield United and 2-2 draws at West Ham and Wolves all they have to show for it. for their efforts. The way.
There are mitigating factors – Howe had 12 senior players unavailable on Merseyside – but the head coach remains unable to explain the disparity in his team’s home and away performances.
He said: “That has been the frustration for us because it is difficult to solve. We want to play the same, we want to impose ourselves in the game, grab the game and take the initiative.
“I don’t think we did well enough against Everton. I hope that changes against Tottenham.”
Howe is hoping to avoid another addition to his long casualty list after captain Jamaal Lascelles limped off Everton with a dead leg.
