Newcastle boss Eddie Howe hails Nick Pope, Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes after their dominant 3-0 victory over Benfica at St. James’ Park in the Champions League.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro

0:01 You must’ve liked what you saw?. I thought we scored three great goals. We had moments where we had to defend well. Delighted with the result.

0:50 Pope assist? A thing of beauty! We’ve been working on that but delighted for both players.

1:15 Big performance from Gordon? Both wingers did really well who started Anthony played very well, very direct, a good night for him.

1:40 Set the standards moving forward? I think it’s that kind of game that we have to take forward This is the level we want to be at. We’ve been threatening putting a performance like that together.

2:11 Barnes: Greats sub example? Every player needs to deliver on the pitch. He’s always been a goal scorer for us. Today it was two really good finishes.

2:45 Lack of goals from wingers in PL, in UCL very different story? It’s a head scratcher for me too! We know how good players they are. Everyone’s pointed to the fact we haven’t been scoring enough in the PL. All we can do is return to the Premier League and carry on

3:45 (SMILE) Nick’s a unique player, those flicks and touches are instinctive.

4:05 Disappointment without Sandro? Miley? Top performance from Lewis. The ability to absorb the hype and the pressure. He’s not phased by anything. Great performance from Lewis.

5:00 The PL now takes importance. This moment’s a great moment but the focus now has to be on Fulham, it’s a big game for us. Then the League cup. We’re LOVING UCL!

5:40 Nick’s throw astonishing, but 7/12 clean sheets - thoughts? It’s been massive that we have been good defensively because we’ve not been free scoring. We’ve had some really good defensive displays. We score goals from our pressing, a lot goes into it a lot of efforts but they get the rewards in the end.

6:50 Are you nearly there? I think I can see the idea and the delivery of the idea was really strong today. We’re seeing the early shoots of a new team but a lot of hard work ahead.

7:20 Lewis Miley: What would a good season look like for him? Injury free! I think he needs game time, he needs to play to develop. But he has to deserve it. Nights like tonight will help him immensely. You saw JJ and Lewis come in and we have good players in that position.

8:30 How much can he learn and develop from Sandro? I think he’s got some great role models there to look at. Lewis is capable of doing a bit of everything. I think he’s got certain things to develop and add but he’s in a good place.

9:20 Given Benfica’s pedigree etc, how much belief can you take? It wasn’t an easy game, especially off the back of Saturday we had to handle the pressure. Hopefully we can take this into our next couple of games.

10:00 Different attack this season? Strange? It’s a small change but also a big change at the same time! The profile of the players are so different so it does have an affect on how we play. There’s a lot more to come from individuals.

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