Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle apologized to the traveling fans after their 4-1 defeat at Coventry as Jamie Carragher said they were “beaten” away once again.
They saw the Magpies lose 4-1 in their previous away match a month ago Monday night football In Leeds.
The second defeat in three games comes after Jaissle enjoyed a five-match unbeaten start in all competitions, but recent results have seen his side drop to 11th in the Premier League table.
Wasteful Newcastle lost at Coventry despite having 19 shots, three big chances and twice as many touches in the opposition box as the hosts.
Jaissle said Sky Sports: “We’re disappointed. It’s a feeling you don’t want to have on a Monday evening after a match you should have won.
“We can only apologize to the fans who came here, they deserve a different result.
“We have to analyze it clearly. There were good moments but we have to improve and score goals to defend our own goal in both boxes.
“There were opportunities, but there was no desire and hunger to finish attacks.”
He added: “We have to improve the things we can control, and that’s a lot at the moment.”
“Newcastle” have conceded the most goals in the league so far, along with “Bournemouth” and “Chelsea”.
“I think it was a difficult story throughout the match. There were elements in both boxes where we had to step up and improve,” the German told his post-match press conference.
“It’s not something we can compare to the Leeds game today because I think we were better at least.
“The goals we conceded were a different story. We were better after the first 10 minutes; we dominated the game but we conceded easy goals, we have to improve them.
“When you concede eight goals in two away games on Monday evenings, that’s not good enough for the Premier League.”
Carra: “Newcastle” was “beaten” again
It is the first time since December 2012 that Newcastle have conceded four or more goals in a Premier League away game.
For Carragher, heavy losses at Leeds and Coventry raised questions about Newcastle’s “lack of physicality”.
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Talkative Monday night football, Sky Sports’ Carragher said: “We’ve consistently said we’ve had a good start to the season but the underlying numbers haven’t been good.
“How many shots they give up, their xG. You look at two road games now, where they lost 8-2.
“He goes with two strikers; I know (Yoane) Wissa goes a bit deeper, but when Eddie Howe was there it was more of a 4-3-3.
“Every manager has their own way, but when you think about the lack of physicality in this team, it can be a situation where you leave one of the strikers out and go with an extra body in midfield.
“It’s a young team and physically not as strong as a lot of teams in the Premier League.
“And they’ve lost twice in their last two away games – and that needs to stop very quickly.”
Analysis: Coventry teach Newcastle a finishing lesson
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Bobby Thomas saves Matias Fernandez-Pardo to put Coventry ahead against Newcastle
Sky Sports’ Ron Walker:
On a night when they faced the Premier League’s second-highest xG performers, it was Coventry who taught Newcastle a finishing lesson at the CBS Arena.
It was one they learned the hard way, too, with the worst shot of any team in the league coming into Monday’s game, with only one of 51 shots going into the back of the net so far.
But football is a funny old game. A score line of 4-1 suggests that Newcastle were on top, which certainly couldn’t have been further from the truth even though they lost.
Where Coventry held firm – even clearing their own line from Matias Fernandez-Pardo after rounding Carl Rushworth – Newcastle caused most of their problems and for once the Sky Blues had full advantage.
Three excellent finishes and an early penalty saw them to their first Premier League home win in over 9,000 days, but their finishing was still not Coventry’s most impressive quality on the night.
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Sven Botman scores a screamer to pull Newcastle back
After taking an early lead after Sven Bothman’s wonder strike gave Newcastle a glimmer of hope in the 2-1 win, that resilience was enough to crown them the winners today and at least in the fight.
They already needed that mental strength to bounce back from four goalless and meaningless games to begin their return to the Premier League, and in such a punishing league, it could be what decides whether they stay there come May.