Newcastle crash 4-1 at promoted Coventry as Jaissle apologises to fans
Newcastle United lost 4-1 at Coventry City on Monday night, their second straight 4-1 away defeat. Frank Lampard's side earned their first home win of the season and climbed out of the drop zone.
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Newcastle United suffered another heavy Premier League defeat, losing 4-1 at promoted Coventry City on Monday night. Jack Rudoni put Coventry ahead from the penalty spot in the sixth minute and Sidiki Chérif doubled the lead shortly after the break (48). Sven Botman pulled one back (70) before substitutes Ellis Simms (81) and Stephen Mfuni (86) sealed it.
It was Coventry's first home win of the season under Frank Lampard and lifted them out of the relegation zone. Newcastle, after losing 4-1 at Leeds, suffered a second successive away defeat by the same score despite having 19 shots to Coventry's nine. Their 13 league goals conceded is joint-worst in the division.
Manager Matthias Jaissle apologised to the travelling supporters, saying "they deserved a different result". He said it was "not the worst game", but that his side "were not clean in both boxes". Newcastle host Aston Villa on Saturday.