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da marjack bet： Newcastle were beaten 1-0 by Tottenham at Wembley on Saturday, but Ayoze Perez’s performance offered a glimmer of hope about a potentially devastating partnership.
As is always the case when Rafael Benitez takes on the top six, the Magpies made life extremely difficult for Tottenham on Saturday.
The home side were dominant throughout the match, but excluding an absolute sitter for Lucas Moura they never really created any concrete chances.
That was until Martin Dubravka made a horrendous blunder to let Son Heung-min open the scoring, and the Tyneside outfit were out for the count.
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On the chalkboard
Aforementioned, Benitez’s organised approach to big games makes the Magpies very difficult to beat. Unfortunately for the Spaniard though, he doesn’t have the weapons to really make things happen at the other end of the pitch.
Salomon Rondon has had an excellent first season on Tyneside, but the powerful striker is often left isolated up front, with the likes of Perez and Christian Atsu trying desperately to do the busy work behind him.
While many fans saw deadline day arrival Miguel Almiron as the replacement for Perez, who has struggled throughout the season, Benitez must find a way to fit them both in the team.
Changes afoot
Perez has been poor this season, but the Spaniard was much improved in the second half of the last campaign, when he scored several crucial goals to keep the side in the division.
He showed glimpses of his former self on Saturday, producing a few lovely touches and giving the Tottenham defence something to worry about.
If the Spaniard can continue this improvement alongside Almiron, then Rondon would no longer be starved of service.
In Perez and Almiron, Benitez has two players who are quick, agile, able to beat a man and most importantly they have the technical ability to hold the ball and let the team get closer to Rondon.
Whether it means sticking Almiron in Atsu’s spot on the wing or shifting formation to put the record signing in the number ten position, Benitez must find a way to get his two most technically gifted players in the same XI.