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title: "Newcastle United: Fans roast Matty Longstaff after ‘dreadful’ display despite early goal"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-fans-roast-matty-longstaff-after-dreadful-display-despite-early-goal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2019-12-27T17:20:48Z"
modified: "2019-12-27T17:20:48Z"
---

# Newcastle United: Fans roast Matty Longstaff after ‘dreadful’ display despite early goal

**After Newcastle United were turned over [4-1 away to Manchester United](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnckGjvVsE&feature=onebox) on another Boxing Day to forget, most of the goals seemingly coming from defensive errors, some supporters have criticised young midfielder Matty Longstaff despite scoring [yet another goal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnckGjvVsE&feature=onebox) against the Red Devils.**

The 19-year-old also found the net on his first ever start against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side [back in early October](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49868087), erupting the Gallowgate End with a fierce strike past David De Gea to gift the Magpies an unlikely win.

However, despite firing a driven effort early in the first half to give Newcastle another unlikely lead, scoring his second goal in two games against United, another fairy tale ending wasn’t on the cards – with quickfire goals from Anthony Martial, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford putting the home side in cruise control.

Longstaff, along with his brother Sean, appeared to[have a difficult night](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49868087) in midfield despite the early heroics – with some supporters criticising the youngster’s form – here’s what they had to say on Twitter.

> Both shouldn’t play together at the minute. No experience in that midfield killed us. In a game where you need to battle you can’t possibly drop Hayden. Think he got it totally wrong, Man U away is a winnable game for any team in this league.
>
> — Lee Cooke (@CescCooke) [December 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/CescCooke/status/1210487498117386241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Him and his brother need to go back to the reserves.
>
> — 🐧N🦇I🦅C🐥K🐦Y🦉 (@fORgEtMeAlWays\_) [December 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/fORgEtMeAlWays_/status/1210299623321014272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> One goal. Offered nothing else. Dreadful.
>
> — Mark (@markjoannejlb) [December 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/markjoannejlb/status/1210298838961053700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What performance ??
>
> — Andrew Junior (@Andy83JW) [December 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/Andy83JW/status/1210290259612839936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Longstaffs are bang average as are Fernandez and schar.
>
> — Paul Woods. (@WooPaul) [December 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/WooPaul/status/1210333437787353088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Good goal. Poor after. To be fair the majority of team were poor after we scored.
>
> — Steve Harding (@Romanez) [December 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/Romanez/status/1210289795764752384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)