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05/01/2012 23:30, Report by Mark Froggatt

Ryan Giggs says Manchester United must recover and regroup after losing 3-0 to Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League.

The veteran midfielder had hoped to help close the gap on leaders Manchester City with victory at the Sports Direct Arena, but was in the end left to rue a disappointing night against an impressive Magpies side.

“You can have these nights, nobody likes them and nobody wants them but it can happen,” Giggs admitted. “You have got to give credit to Newcastle. They worked hard, closed us down and scored a couple of good goals so we have just got to take it and move on.

“It is a difficult place to come and get a win but we didn’t play to our capabilities and when you don’t do that against a team like Newcastle, who are riding high this season, you are always going to come unstuck.”

The opening exchanges were tight with both teams going close to opening the scoring on several occasions - Yohan Cabaye forced a low save from Anders Lindegaard before Dimitar Berbatov struck the post with a deflected far post header.

The deadlock was eventually broken by Demba Ba, whose neat finish was one to be admired. Newcastle’s lead was too narrow to consider comfortable however and the champions felt confident of overturning the deficit after the break.

What the Reds hadn’t planned for, though, was Cabaye’s stunning free-kick just moments into the second half. And as Giggs admits, it was a killer blow: “We started okay. Obviously their goal knocked the stuffing out of us a little bit but we were

Source : ManUtd News

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