Zancen 2-2 a St James' Park da Liverpool ba ya jin daɗi ga Newcastle United — duk da haka, filin dare na Lahadi ya nuna alamomi masu yawa da suka nuna cewa ƙungiyar Matthias Jaissle tana da nisa sosai daga yadda da yawa suka yi hasashe za yi wannan kakar.

An buga wasanin a yanayi mai ɗora motsin zuciyar mutane. An girmama Kevin Keegan kafin fara wasan, inda ƙungiyar magoya baya Wor Flags ta bayyana wani ɗaukacin zanen da ya mamaye kowane kujera a filin. 'Yan uwan Keegan, tare da tsoffin 'yan wasa kamar su Alan Shearer, Rob Lee, da Tino Asprilla, sun kallo daga wurin daraktoci.

Wata tuta a Gallowgate End ta ɗauki kalaman Keegan da kansa: "Ina so mutane su yi mafarkin ƙungiyarsu ta ƙwallon ƙafa. Me ya hana?" — ji wanda ya yi daidai da lokaci da shakku ke yawo kan tsarin ƙungiyar.

Wasa mai halin aiki

Newcastle na kan gaba 2-1 lokacin ƙarin lokaci, inda Anthony Elanga ya buɗe raga da kyakkyawan bugun ƙasa, sannan Yoane Wissa ya dosa wa maye Joe Willock don ya ci na biyu. Jaissle yana rashin kwanciyar hankali a gefen filin, yana ƙoƙarin harzukar magoya baya su ɗora 'yan wasa kan nasara.

Sai maye Victor Munoz ya faɗi a cikin kwabon hukunci bayan takara da Lewis Hall wanda ya gaji. Nan take Jaissle ya zubo rigarsa cikin fushi, yana cewa shawarar alkalin Stuart Attwell "taushi" ce. Ɗan wasan tsakiya na Liverpool Dominik Szoboszlai ya canza bugun fanariti don daidaita a 2-2 — azabar saba da aka san a wannan duel mai tarihin firgita.

"Ba zan iya maimaita duk abin da na faɗa ba domin in iya samun matsala kuma in biya tarar," Jaissle ya faɗa wa 'yan jarida bayan tsayawa mai tsawo. "Amma gabaɗaya, na gaya musu cewa ina alfahari da abin da na gani cikin minti 90. Wannan farkon farawa ne mai kyau sosai."

Sabon fuskokin da sabon ƙarfi

Lokacin rani ya kawo sauye-sauye masu yawa a Tyneside. Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon, Sandro Tonali, da Bruno Guimaraes duk sun tafi a cikin watanni 12 da suka wuce, haka kuma manajan Eddie Howe ya bar ƙungiyar. Duk sabon ɗan wasan da aka kawo wannan rani yana da shekaru 24 ko ƙasa da haka, kuma babu ɗayansu da ya taba buga a Premier League a baya.

Jaissle da kansa bai taɓa jagorantar ƙungiya a saman gasar Ingila ba, wannan shine abin da masu sukar Newcastle suka ɗora kansu. Daga cikin sabon fuska da ya bar tasiri nan da nan akwai Amar Dedic, wanda ya kammala canjinsa na £30 miliyan daga Benfica ne kawai a Talata kafin ya shiga wasanin ƙarshen mako.

Duk da haka, Wissa shi ne ya fi wakiltar hangen nesa na Jaissle. Ɗan wasan gaba mai shekaru 29 ya ci duel ɗaya-da-ɗaya — 11 — fiye da kowace ɗan wasan Newcastle a filin, lamba mai ban mamaki ga ɗan wasan gaba.

"Manajan yana tsammata in zama shugaba kuma in jagoranci ƙungiyar," Wissa ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Yana so in ci ƙwallon, in tabbatar kowa yana tafiya gaba, yin ƙoƙarin kashe wasan, kuma wasu lokuta kawai in yi natsuwa."

Matsalar saba — da alamomin canjin

Rashin iya Newcastle na rufe wasannin ya yi musu asarar da yawa a kakar da ta gabata. Babu wata ƙungiya da ta rasa ƙarin maki — 27 — daga matsayi na nasara cikin kakar 2025-26. Wannan ya zama al'ada da Jaissle ya san cewa dole ne ya karya.

Kyaftin mai raunin Dan Burn ya taƙaita yanayin, yana cewa Newcastle suna mafi ƙarfi lokacin da suke jin duniya tana kan su. A ranar Lahadi, da hayaniya tana karuwa game da dawowar Isak da taron mutane yana amsa kowane ƙalubale, wannan ruhun ya bayyana a fili.

"Idan akwai wannan jituwa tsakanin magoya baya da 'yan wasan da ke bayar da gudummawa a filin, ana iya ƙirƙirar wani abu na musamman," in ji Jaissle.

Amma ƙarshen magana ya kasance a cikin kimantawarsa na maki da ya ɓace: "Yau wani ya jefa duwatsu a hanya kuma muna buƙatar cire su don mu koma nasara."