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title: "Journalists say Wood ‘struggled’ in 1-0 defeat"
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author: "Crippy Cooke"
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published: "2022-03-18T20:12:59Z"
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# Journalists say Wood ‘struggled’ in 1-0 defeat

Newcastle United suffered a second consecutive Premier League defeat without scoring on Thursday evening, [losing 1-0 to Everton](https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2021-22/everton-v-newcastle-united/) at Goodison Park. The Magpies have now gone 218 minutes without finding the back of the net and Chris Wood was partly at fault in midweek.

The 30-year-old, who has scored just one goal in his first [10 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725) for Newcastle, was guilty of spurning two good opportunities and was kept quiet by Everton’s Michael Keane. *Jordan Cronin* of [Newcastle World](https://www.newcastleworld.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/not-his-finest-performance-newcastle-united-player-ratings-from-shock-defeat-to-10-man-everton-3616568?page=3) gave Wood a player rating of 5/10 and noted how he ‘struggled’ to make an impact.

*Gareth Cox* of [The National News](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2022/03/18/everton-vs-newcastle-player-ratings-gray-4-iwobi-7-guimaraes-7-wood-5/) gave the New Zealand international a player rating of 5/10 and said he offered ‘little else’ after missing two chances in the game. *Lee Ryder* of [Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-1-0-newcastle-player-23419028) gave him a player rating of 6/10, saying ‘chances came and went’. *Tom Gott* of [90min](https://www.90min.com/posts/everton-1-0-newcastle-player-ratings-late-iwobi-strike-seals-scrappy-win) gave Wood a player rating of 4/10 and said he had a ‘lack of quality’.

[Against Everton](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1549734/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022-Everton-Newcastle-United), the 30-year-old played for 90 minutes, had 28 touches, won 11 aerial duels, completed 70.6% of his 17 passes, created one chance, had two shots with 50% hitting the target and won one free-kick.

Newcastle have a two-week break before their trip to face Tottenham Hotspur, so that might give Eddie Howe time to work with Wood. The 30-year-old has had [17 shots](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/73380/Show/Chris-Wood) for Newcastle, 11 of which were with his head. He’s found the target just five times and scored only once, so he needs to improve.

***[In other news, journalists say Miguel Almiron ‘didn’t take chance’ in Newcastle’s 1-0 defeat to Everton](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/03/18/journalists-say-miguel-almiron-didnt-take-chance-in-1-0-defeat/)***