Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle has apologized to the traveling fans following their 4-1 defeat at Coventry after Jamie Carragher said they had been “beaten” on the road once again.
The Magpies’ previous away game a month ago also saw they won 4-1 Monday Night Football in Leeds.
The second defeat in three games comes after Jaissle had enjoyed a five-game unbeaten start in all competitions, but recent results have seen his side drop to 11th in the Premier League table.
A wasteful Newcastle lost at Coventry despite having 19 shots, three big chances and more than double the number of touches in the opposition area as the home side.
Jaisle said Sky Sports: “We’re frustrated. It’s a feeling you don’t want to have on a Monday night after a must-win game.
“We can apologize to the fans who came here; they deserve a different result.
“We have to analyze it clearly. There were parts that were good, but in both quarters, to defend our goal we have to improve and also score goals.
“The opportunities were there, but the desire and hunger to complete the attacks was missing.”
He added: “We need to improve the things we can control, and that’s a lot right now.”
Newcastle have now conceded the most goals in the league so far along with Bournemouth and Chelsea.
The German said in his post-match press conference: “I think it was a difficult story throughout the match. There were elements in both boxes where we need to grow and improve.
“It’s not something we can compare to the Leeds game today because I think we were at least better.
“The goals we conceded was a different story. We were better after the first 10 minutes; we dominated the game, but we conceded easy goals, which we need to improve.
“If you’ve conceded eight goals in two away games on a Monday night, then it’s not good enough for the Premier League.”
Carra: Newcastle have been ‘beaten’ again
It is the first time since December 2012 that Newcastle have conceded four or more goals in consecutive Premier League away games.
For Carragher, heavy defeats at Leeds and Coventry have raised questions about Newcastle’s “lack of physicality”.
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Speaking in Monday Night Football, Sky Sports’ Carragher said: “We’ve said over and over again this season that they’ve had a good start in terms of results but the underlying numbers haven’t been great.
“How many shots they concede, their xG. Look at the two games away now where they’ve lost 8-2.
“He’ll go with two strikers up there; I know (Yoane) Wissa drops a bit deeper, but when Eddie Howe was there it was more of a 4-3-3.
“Every coach has his own way, but when you think about the lack of physicality in that team, it could be a case of leaving one of the strikers out and going with an extra body in midfield.
“It is a young team and it is not as strong physically as many teams in the Premier League.
“And in their last two games away, they’ve been beaten twice – and that needs to stop very soon.”
Analysis: Coventry teach Newcastle a lesson in finishing
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Bobby Thomas blocks Matias Fernandez-Pardo’s shot to keep Coventry in front against Newcastle.
Sky Sports’ Ron Walker:
On a night where they faced the Premier League’s second-best xG performers, it was Coventry who taught Newcastle a lesson in finishing at the CBS Arena.
It was one they learned the hard way, with the worst shot conversion of any team in the league coming into Monday’s game and just one of 51 shots finding the back of the net to date.
But football is a funny old game. The 4-1 scoreline suggests that Newcastle were outplayed, which couldn’t be further from the truth, although they were certainly outplayed.
Where Coventry remained resilient – even giving up Matias Fernandez-Pardo after he had rounded Carl Rushworth – Newcastle caused many of their problems and, for once, the Sky Blues took full advantage.
Three fine finishes and an early penalty saw them to their first home Premier League win in more than 9,000 days, but their finishing was still not Coventry’s most impressive quality on the night.
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Sven Botman scores a screamer to pull one back for Newcastle
That strength, digging in after an early lead and following on after Sven Botman’s wonder strike had given Newcastle a glimmer of hope at 2-1, was what won them the day and, in the fight at least, it was enough to crown them worthy winners.
They already need that mental strength to bounce back from four goalless and pointless games to begin their return to the Premier League and, in a league as punishing as this one, it could be what decides whether they stay there come May.
