Lewis Hall gives strict order to Newcastle United teammates before Carabao Cup clash
Lewis Hall has called for consistency from his Newcastle United teammates following the 4-0 win against Leicester City.
The left-back was arguably Newcastle’s best player, setting up Alexander Isak to put the game to bed. Hall has been a rare highlight in an otherwise frustrating start to the campaign at St James’ Park.
Little game time last season led some to question his signing from Chelsea. However, with the position nailed down and a maiden England bow last month, few are ridiculing the £28million move.
Eddie Howe has given Hall the shirt this season and that faith is being repaid tenfold. The 20-year-old is now preparing for a mammoth Carabao Cup clash against Brentford on Wednesday.
Speaking after the Leicester win, Hall urged his Toon teammates to back that up with a positive result in midweek. He told The Chronicle: "I think it epitomises our season really. We've had a lot of games where we have been good in one half or good for 30 minutes then a bit off it for 30 minutes, I think we have looked at that.
“We need the consistency and know we need to be at it for the full 90 minutes. As much as we possibly can, I think we done that against Leicester and now we must continue to do that."
“Whenever you lose a game you are going to be disappointed. But I think the manner in which we lost the game (at Brentford) was a bit frustrating.
“That was more down to ourselves rather than them. I think this is now just another game really and you can use that as a bit of motivation but I think we are motivated enough. It is a quarter-final (on Wednesday) and we need to win."