Champions League football returns to Tyneside after 20 yearsKieran Trippier warns Newcastle against fixating on Mbappé
Eddie Howe has admitted his Newcastle United players will need to be “perfect” if the club are to mark their first Champions League game on Tyneside for 20 years with a victory against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.
“It’s a very, very difficult assignment for us defensively,” Howe said as his Newcastle side prepared to face Kylian Mbappé and co. “Part of our challenge is to get the balance right between not leaving too much space behind us and creating enough danger in their box. We have to be perfect in that respect. It’s going to be very difficult to contain Mbappé but I don’t believe in man-marking.”
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