Two-goal hero Hwang leaves Bruce deflated
Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce was left frustrated after Hwang Hee-chan scored twice to secure a 2-1 win for Wolves over the Magpies.
The on-loan RB Leipzig striker opened the scoring after 20 minutes, but after Jeff Hendrick levelled, the South Korean struck the winner just before the hour mark, to leave United still searching for their first Premier League victory of the season.
Bruce said: “There was nothing in it either way. I didn’t think we deserved to get beaten.
“It is another one which has crept away from us. We’ll go to work again and hopefully we can get some of our injured players back.”
Opposite number Bruno Lage admitted Wolves had been crying out for Hwang to hit top form.
Lage said: “He has adapted to the Premier League, he fits our way of playing because we need a player like him.
“I believe the players want to play with the ball. Top players can enjoy our game and he is a top player, like the other guys.”
Marcelo Bielsa expressed his relief after Leeds registered their first Premier League win of the season by beating Watford 1-0.
Diego Llorente marked his return from injury with his second goal for Leeds, converting from close range following a corner in the 18th minute.
“Of course I feel relief,” said Bielsa. “Three points from a possible 18 is something to be worried about. Independent of what we deserved or not. To win today was a necessity.”
Watford slipped to their fourth league defeat of the season following promotion, but still sit one point and two places above Leeds in the table.
Hornets boss Xisco Munoz preferred to focus on Leeds’ strengths rather than his own players’ short-comings.
“We know exactly the intensity of them,” the Spaniard said. “It was with more intensity than us.
“They won all the duels, they shoot more times than us and they wanted to win the game more than us.”
Norwich manager Daniel Farke celebrated a “priceless” first point of the season after his side fought out a goalless draw with Burnley at Turf Moor.
He said: “I will take this. It is definitely a good feeling. Of course we are happier when we win a game and there were chances to win this game.
“It was a difficult game but we’ve had a difficult start with our fixtures, the Covid outbreak, cancelled friendlies, it’s been very difficult.
“It is priceless to be off the mark.”
Sean Dyche’s 400th game at least ended in a first league clean sheet of their season, but there was no end product in the absence of the injured Maxwel Cornet.
“It’s about finding that cutting edge at the moment and scoring a goal is a challenge,” admitted Dyche.