Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe revealed that Anthony Gordon may have a chance of featuring against Chelsea in Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash.
The sides meet for the second time in four days having faced each other in the Premier League on Sunday, when the Blues emerged victors with a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge.
Gordon was not named in the squad at the weekend due to a groin problem, but Howe stressed that the "right decision" will be made about whether the winger can be involved at St James' Park.
Howe said: "He has been for a scan, we're hopeful the injury isn't serious, we didn't think it was when he initially did it. Let's see how he is today."
"It was in training, I think it was Friday, but it didn't become necessarily obvious to us until Saturday."
"Nothing serious, it's one of those things you get from time to time that players can play with or not play with. He felt it was too much for him on Sunday to play."
"There is (a chance he could feature) but we have to make the right decision, we have Arsenal coming up very quickly. It's about making sure we do no further damage to him."
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"Always with these spells of games you want more games to come, for us the frustration of Sunday is still there that feeling of what could have been," Howe said.
"It was another game that got away from us and there are some key moments that you look back on after the game and reflect on. You knew they were big at the time, but they're even bigger when you watch back and know the result."
"That frustration we need to turn into positive energy, we need to turn into motivation and fuel for future performances."
Cole Palmer had another influential performance on Sunday for Chelsea, playing an important part in the creation of Nicolas Jackson's equaliser before scoring the winner with a low strike from the edge of the box.
The goal was Palmer's seventh in the Premier League so far this season and Howe admitted the forward caused Newcastle problems.
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He added: "I thought he played very well. You can see he's playing with real confidence. I thought he was a player we probably didn't do enough to stop, especially on transitions."
"Not so much in the other phases of play, but on transitions we found him really elusive, created the first goal in that fashion, scored the second goal in that fashion."
"He's an outstanding talent and we probably didn't deal with him well enough."
Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
Anthony Gordon injury update as Eddie Howe makes Newcastle team selection vow
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