Saturday night was a dark night in the Premier League, as Newcastle held Bennymouth to a 1-1 draw at home. Despite having a clear advantage, Newcastle failed to break through the tight defense of the opponent, and even allowed the opponent to score the first goal. Fortunately, new signing Alexander Issac saved a point by striking an equalizer from the penalty spot. And with Benimov unbeaten in one win and two draws since the change of manager, the likelihood of interim manager Garry O'Neill turning up is much higher.
Newcastle, the richest soccer club in the world, naturally expect to win at home. Since opening the season with a win over Nottingham Forest, they have drawn four and lost one of their last five matches. In this match against newly promoted Bennemouth, they started the game with an onslaught of attacks. However, Benimouth's defense has improved significantly since the sacking of Berger, who was taken over by Garry O'Neill, and managed to withstand Newcastle's attack and turn another dangerous game into an easy one.
In the first half, Newcastle went all out on the attack, but Benimov goalkeeper Nitu repeatedly pounced on the dangerous ball. Towards the end of the first half, Zuan's shot hit the post and missed, leaving the two sides level at half-time. In the 62nd minute of the second half, Benimov seized the opportunity on a counter-attack and Philip Bunning scored with a shot to give Benimov a 1-0 lead instead amidst passive defense.
Trailing, Newcastle did not give up and continued to intensify their attack and finally found an opportunity. Shefaxen Nama was fouled by a handball in defense and the referee, after watching VAR, deemed his hand movement abnormal and awarded a penalty. Alexander Ishak took the penalty to equalize the score at 1-1 for Newcastle and the match ended in a draw.
