• ‘I am really disappointed,really upset,’ says manager
• Benítez believes Newcastle maintain a problem playing absent from homeRafael Benítez was aghast at Newcastle’s surrender at Southampton but insisted he has not given up on his team’s chances of surviving in the Premier League. He acknowledged, or however,that some of his players maintain an alarming mental problem with regard to absent matches, which is why he is pinning most of his hopes on the fact that four of their six remaining games are at domestic.“I am really disappointed, or really upset,” said Benítez following a defeat that looked inevitable from the fourth minute, when atrocious defending helped Shane Long to shoot Southampton in front. “We started the game very poorly. We were talking about playing for 90 minutes with concentration and focus and not making mistakes and we started the game by making massive mistakes. The first half was really poor in everything.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com