Newcastle will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday. Both teams are tied with four points in Group F, with Dortmund currently in second place. Eddie Howe’s side lost to Dortmund 1-0 in their previous meeting on Tyneside. Dan Burn will be out for a long time due to a back injury.
Eddie Howe says Newcastle will aim for a victory against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League Group F. However, Dan Burn will be out for a long time due to a back injury.
Dortmund performed exceptionally well at St James’ Park two weeks ago, securing a 1-0 victory thanks to Felix Nmecha’s goal.
Dortmund moved up to second place in the group after defeating the Magpies. They now have the same points as Howe’s team, but they are ahead due to their better head-to-head record.
Newcastle is coming into Tuesday’s match with two recent wins against Manchester United and Arsenal.
Howe said: “It’s in-built in me, I think every game is a must-win, and the term is probably overused in football.
“But it’s the only way that we prepare. We prepare to win every game, we never have anything else in our minds and we will prepare to win this one.”
On Burn’s injury absence, Howe added: “Dan will be out for some time I think, a long-term problem, couple of months is sort of a speculative number for us. He landed on his spine. I think he has got a problem with the base of his spine. It’s a huge blow.
“He’s been gigantic for us since he signed, for lots of different reasons as I have continually said. His character, his determination to win, his experience and his versatility as well.
“It’s not just one position we are losing, we are losing his ability to play centre-back as well. But it is something we have to roll with.”
Edin Terzic warns Borussia Dortmund they need to be better than before to beat Newcastle in the Champions League again.
They go into the return at the Signal Iduna Stadium still upset from Saturday’s 4-0 defeat by arch-rivals Bayern Munich, and with head coach Terzic anticipating a strong response from the Magpies.
He said: “We need to improve because we know that they [Newcastle] are not happy with the way that they performed at St James’ Park and they will want to do much better tomorrow [Tuesday], so if they are going to do it better, we have to do it better.
“That’s something we have focused on, this is something we’re going to talk about with the team this afternoon, again to be ready for tomorrow, and then we’ve got to do everything to also use the chance to get a home win and make a big step in the group.”
Terzic has concerns about Emre Can and Ramy Bensebaini. He knows that his team has a tough challenge ahead as Newcastle narrowly defeated Arsenal 1-0 in a physical Premier League match.
Asked if that served as a warning, he said: “To be honest, we don’t need a warning because of course we know the quality of Newcastle. We found out how good they are two weeks ago.
“Then they’ve had three games since, a draw against Wolves and in the cup they beat Manchester United and then they beat Arsenal at home, so we know their quality.
“We know they are not happy with the way they performed two weeks ago. They are not happy; we are not happy with how we performed last Saturday.
“We know that we have to be ready from the start and as you saw from the game two weeks ago, they had two great chances at the end of the game, so it means we need a good start, we need a good performance during the game, we need to stay focused until the end.”
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