They weren’t laughing at the time, as their manager Eddie Howe let rip with an expletive-fuelled rallying cry in the dressing-room, but Newcastle’s players have certainly enjoyed the moment being portrayed by the Amazon cameras in the club’s new documentary.
It was before the home game against Manchester United in April that the head coach used Erik ten Hag’s comments about his team trying to slow the game down as motivation for his pre-match speech.
‘If they want a quick game coming here, let's f***ing give it to them,’ said Howe, whose side would win 2-0.