Dominic Scurr reflects on Newcastle United's 1-0 defeat at Luton Town in the Premier League.
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00:00 Luton Town 1 Newcastle United 0 here at Kenilworth Road this afternoon. Newcastle's dismal away form continues.
00:08 Andos Townsend, former Newcastle player with the only goal of the game, back post header.
00:13 Eddie Howe described it as a mistake from his players, said his players lacked emotion in the game.
00:17 As critical as we've seen from Eddie Howe, definitely could have frustrated Figa at full time.
00:23 Because Newcastle, ultimately these away days, risk derailing the season completely.
00:28 I mean, still seventh in the league, but that's propped up by the home form.
00:33 One of the best teams in the country at home, but away from home, they're one of the worst in the Premier League.
00:38 They'd be just outside the relegation zone.
00:41 So yeah, another away defeat.
00:44 And Newcastle, they huffed and puffed in the second half, they pushed as best they could for an equaliser.
00:49 But it never really looked like coming, other than Alexander Esse had found the net.
00:53 VAR, or the offside flag as well, flags and he's offside.
00:58 It's close, but Newcastle ultimately didn't do enough to win the game today and lost another player as well due to injury.
01:05 With Jamal Lassell going off in the first half.
01:08 So yeah, very disappointing from Newcastle United.
01:12 And now it just puts more pressure on than Nottingham Forest game on Boxing Day.
01:17 Four away defeats in a row and really, really difficult for Eddie Howe on his side, where they've struggled for goals.
01:26 They're the first team not to score against, or to fail to score against Luton Town this season, which tells its own story in itself.
01:34 And yeah, they'll be looking for some form of reaction after a really disappointing few weeks where they've exited the Champions League.
01:40 They've been beaten heavily at Spurs and Everton.
01:43 Now here, another defeat at Luton and exit in the Carabao Cup.
01:47 So yeah, the needy reaction heading into a really sort of gruelling January where they play Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City and Aston Villa.
01:55 So try and get things back on track.
01:58 But certainly the season is starting to wobble slightly given this recent waveform.