Newcastle United lost 1-0 to Everton, and Matthias Jaissle said his side did not carry out their game plan in the defeat. He also said the team fell short of what he had seen in training.
Jaissle's verdict on the plan
Jaissle said: "We could not bring him into situations. We need to jump the first lines with clear patterns on how we want to play football. Just playing long balls is for sure not the style he prefers."
Jaissle said: "And it was not the plan; that is something you clearly need to mention."
He also said: "This is now the next step to clearly analyse it in-depth, and ask why we could not start the game as we originally planned."
Midfield support and build-up
Jaissle said Newcastle played with a double six that should support the centre-backs and help break the first line.
He said: "We played with a double six today that should support our centre-backs, also to break the first line. We couldn’t bring them in the game. We were not brave enough, not courageous enough to break that line and to play on the ground as well, and finding our patterns on the pitch."
Jaissle said Newcastle's midfield did not provide enough support to help the team play through Everton's press.
Frustration in the locker room
Jaissle said: "I was aware of that and it was the same in the locker room. Big frustration, big disappointment, because we couldn’t transfer what we saw during the week, a team training on a high level in the approach of how we actually wanted to play and then since the referee started the game, not much was seen and that’s difficult to understand."
He added: "It looked really good in the training session but almost nothing to see of these aspects during the game."
Final-third conviction
Jaissle said Newcastle lacked conviction in the final third.
He said: "We were not brave enough to really go all the way to make the last steps and force them to make mistakes. Also in possession, it was not the plan to shoot the long balls. We spoke about patterns and how we can create problems, create two vs one situations on the pitch, but again it was not much to see today in these 90 minutes and it’s something we need to work on."
