• Woltemade own goal settles Wear-Tyne derby

• ‘Our performance was not what it needed to be’

Eddie Howe vowed that he would not allow Sunday’s defeat in the Wear-Tyne derby at Sunderland to define Newcastle’s season.

“It’s a horrible feeling, it’s very painful,” said Howe, whose inconsistent side were sunk by Nick Woltemade’s spectacular second-half headed own goal. By way of exacerbating his distress Sunderland’s players rubbed salt in visiting wounds by posing for a celebratory group picture on the pitch at the end. That was a riposte to the events of January 2024 when Howe’s assistant, Jason Tindall, ordered Newcastle’s players to pose for a similar photograph following a 3-0 FA Cup win here.