Alan Pardew admitted his Newcastle United side got
exactly what they deserved after they were hammered 4-0 at his former club
Southampton.
The 52-year-old, who managed Southampton for just over a
year before being sacked in 2010, was able to deliver a team talk for the first
time since serving a three-match stadium ban for headbutting Hull City
midfielder David Meyler.
But his words clearly failed to inspire his players after
they were on the end of their second heavy defeat of the week, having been
beaten 3-0 by Everton on Tuesday.
Jay Rodriguez opened the scoring in first-half injury
time after being frequently denied by the brilliance of Newcastle goalkeeper
Rob Elliot, deputising in the absence of the injured Tim Krul.
Rickie Lambert then doubled the lead four minutes after
half-time, before a stunning long-range strike from Adam Lallana and
Rodriguez's second rounded off a desperate day for Newcastle.
Pardew criticised his players and demanded a response in
next weekend's clash with Manchester United.
"The energy of our team was very low compared to
theirs," Pardew told BBC Sport.
"The midweek game might have had some call on it I
don't know but we didn't really have a player that excelled above a Southampton
player. In almost every area they won today.
"Our fans have had to travel a long way to watch
this game and it's just not good enough for us. I made it clear to the players
that we need to see a reaction against Man United.
"I think the second goal looked like offside from
the first initial pass, but we're clutching at straws really because we didn't
deserve anything today.
"He (Elliot) had to make too many saves, if you're
going to have that many shots at your goal, your goalie is going to have to
make some saves, he did today but we've still got well beat and as I say for us
it's a really, really tough day."
Culled from Soccerway
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