Newcastle United head coach Matthias Jaissle is set to put his players through a re-run of their failure to defend the lead at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.
Having worked hard for a vital lead, handed to them by Jacob Murphy, who scored a howitzer with 10 minutes to go, that advantage had evaporated just 179 seconds later. First, Harvey Barnes failed to clear the ball, before William Osula missed out in a challenge, and then Malick Thiaw made an unconvincing attempt to get rid of the danger before Rodrigo Muniz poked home.
Jaissle's assessment of the late collapse
Jaissle said: "We controlled everything. It was nothing where we were not focused. Many bodies in the box. It happens."
"These situations at the moment are not going on our side. We need to work on it."
"We have some problems where we score the first goal and the last minute we didn't control the game as we wanted to do it," he said.
"Now I think we are playing much better in the last minute. We are a new team. We are progressing. Small steps. The players are learning. They are improving. We are on the right track."
Murphy on consistency and learning
Senior star Murphy also had his say on the way the game played out on an afternoon in which it looked like he'd given Newcastle a much-needed victory.
The former Norwich City star said: "We've not been consistent with it, and that's where we have to learn, and we have to grow in finding a consistent performance because we went from one game of having near on 30 shots in a game and not scoring, and then we go to barely creating a chance in the next game."
"It's going to take a bit of time, but as long as they can see the effort and the commitment that we're putting in to try and make this work, that's all we can do."
"You have to be willing to listen and learn. It's a responsibility for all the older players to show the younger lads what this league is about, and what it's going to take."
