Newcastle cannot complain that they were not warned. Eddie Howe had cautioned his players that Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang was “as good as ever” and would need to be “controlled” but, ultimately, the visitors proved powerless to prevent the 36-year-old transforming both the match and Marseille’s Champions League ambitions.
While Aubameyang fulfilled the soaring expectations of a raucously loud audience at a stupendously designed, incredibly atmospheric arena, Howe’s team started brightly before taking a wrong turn. They ended up mugged in the manner of naive tourists who had wandered into the wrong arrondissement of this beguiling yet sometimes brutal city.
Written by Louise Taylor at Stade Vélodrome
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/25/marseille-newcastle-champions-league-match-report under the title “Aubameyang fires Marseille to win as Newcastle fail to heed Howe’s warning”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
