Newcastle United 0-2 Yokohama F. Marinos reaction

Dominic Scurr reacts to Newcastle United's 2-0 defeat to Yokohama F. Marinos in Tokyo.

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00:00Here I am, pitch side at the Japan National Stadium, where Newcastle United have ended

00:07their tour of Tokyo with a 2-0 defeat against Yokohama F minus.

00:13Yeah, it was a hot, hot evening as expected here in Tokyo.

00:22Great setting, good attendance actually tonight as well, after the sort of, I think it was

00:27a fifth full at the Saitama Stadium the other night for the 4-1 win.

00:31But yeah, all in all, a successful trip for Newcastle United, although on the pitch tonight

00:36there was a lot to be desired.

00:39I think Newcastle players still getting rid of that pre-season sharpness, and I'll be

00:44honest, I'm leaving this stadium again not really knowing where I'm going, so bear with

00:48me.

00:49But yeah, I think Newcastle huffed and puffed.

00:53I thought Bruno, captain tonight, he was great, really pulled the strings, ran the

00:59show for the most part, played two great balls through to Harvey Barnes, who squandered both

01:04chances.

01:05Alexander Isak took a knock to his shoulder, was withdrawn at half-time, but spoke to Eddie

01:09Howe afterwards, said it was a planned substitution, so good, because he's Newcastle's only fifth

01:16striker at the moment, so yeah.

01:20In terms of transfer update for Eddie Howe, he was asked about Willa Sula and Mark Gaye,

01:27but obviously didn't comment on those specific players, but said he's hopeful of bringing

01:35a transfer update in the coming days, so we're waiting to see on that.

01:39Obviously really important Newcastle springing into action ahead of the new season, two weeks

01:44to go before that opening day against Southampton in the Premier League at St James' Park.

01:50This trip to Tokyo has been overall a success, we spoke with the likes of Darren Eales,

01:58Peter Silverstone today at the fan event, and both of them really had positive things

02:06to say about the trip, and to speak to the fans as well, who are obviously having a great

02:10time, so may not have been pretty on the pitch tonight, but overall a really successful trip

02:15for Newcastle United on the commercial front.