'It never quite happened for Newcastle'
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Newcastle's all-time record goalscorer Alan Shearer praised Borussia Dortmund's game plan after they "frustrated" Eddie Howe's side to leave St James' Park with a 1-0 win on Wednesday.
"With the last six or seven weeks, the form Newcastle have been in, the number of goals they've been scoring, how they've been getting into the final third, how quick they've been moving that ball particularly from back to front - we were all expecting that (against Borussia Dortmund)," he told the Football Daily podcast.
"It never really quite happened and they could never get a foot in the game because Dortmund didn't allow them. Dortmund frustrated them and when they had the ball they were a threat.
"Dortmund played high-risk football in that first half - when they won the ball they were prepared to commit so many men forward in the hope they would get something out of it, they certainly did that.
"Then they sat deeper in the second half and frustrated Newcastle, got men behind the ball and didn't leave spaces.
"In the end it's probably a fair result. I know Newcastle were unlucky when they hit the bar and the post but I think defensively Dortmund were excellent and they played the game and the crowd really well."
