Pope, Gordon & Barnes INCREDIBLE | Eddie Howe | Newcastle 3-0 Benfica

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe hails Nick Pope, Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes after their dominant 3-0 victory over Benfica at St. James’ Park in the Champions League. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:01 You must’ve liked what you saw?. I thought we scored three great goals. We had moments where we had to defend well. Delighted with the result. 0:50 Pope assist? A thing of beauty! We’ve been working on that but delighted for both players. 1:15 Big performance from Gordon? Both wingers did really well who started Anthony played very well, very direct, a good night for him. 1:40 Set the standards moving forward? I think it’s that kind of game that we have to take forward This is the level we want to be at. We’ve been threatening putting a performance like that together. 2:11 Barnes: Greats sub example? Every player needs to deliver on the pitch. He’s always been a goal scorer for us. Today it was two really good finishes. 2:45 Lack of goals from wingers in PL, in UCL very different story? It’s a head scratcher for me too! We know how good players they are. Everyone’s pointed to the fact we haven’t been scoring enough in the PL. All we can do is return to the Premier League and carry on 3:45 (SMILE) Nick’s a unique player, those flicks and touches are instinctive. 4:05 Disappointment without Sandro? Miley? Top performance from Lewis. The ability to absorb the hype and the pressure. He’s not phased by anything. Great performance from Lewis. 5:00 The PL now takes importance. This moment’s a great moment but the focus now has to be on Fulham, it’s a big game for us. Then the League cup. We’re LOVING UCL! 5:40 Nick’s throw astonishing, but 7/12 clean sheets - thoughts? It’s been massive that we have been good defensively because we’ve not been free scoring. We’ve had some really good defensive displays. We score goals from our pressing, a lot goes into it a lot of efforts but they get the rewards in the end. 6:50 Are you nearly there? I think I can see the idea and the delivery of