‘Newcastle haven’t had a second to grow into this game’published at 17:58 Greenwich Mean Time
Birmingham 1-0 Newcastle
Leon Osman
Former Everton and England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
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Birmingham’s game plan has been very evident from the kick-off. They are going to use as much energy as they can to match Newcastle and try and go a little bit more.
At the moment, Newcastle haven’t had a second to put their foot on the ball and grow into this game. They are already a goal down and they need to find a way of calming things down and find their way back into this game.