Newcastle held to draw by Kharkiv

[Shola Sholaz]

Newcastle were held to a goalless draw by Metalist Kharkiv in the last 32 of the Europa League but will rue several chances and two disallowed goals. Moussa Sissoko and Papiss Cisse both had the ball in the net, only to be denied by the assistant's flag with each decision looking close.
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Cisse could not finish when he was one-on-one with the Metalist keeper or tuck in Davide Santon's cross. While Cleiton Xavier had a header saved and shot wide for the Ukrainian side.
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On another night, Cisse could have had a hat-trick, and even in stoppage time he had a back-post header saved by the impressive Olexandr Goryainov.
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And, although they will travel to Ukraine for the second leg next Thursday having drawn a blank, this performance will give them hope they can score an away goal.

[Folami David]

Not a good result for Newcastle in my opinion.
They obviously can do better

[Shola Sholaz]

there is no big team anymore in football.anyone can be beaten at anytime