"The natural preference is for the home game to be the second leg just because you have a clear understanding of what you need to do and you have the home crowd behind you but it's not like that this time. We need to use the home crowd to our advantage in the first game and try to do everything to try and impose ourselves on the tie."
"We really enjoyed the two-legged semi-final format last year. This is going to be a totally different challenge. Manchester City are the hardest team in the country to play over two legs. Pep [Guardiola] will have something ready for us tactically and we will have to be at our best to get through."
"Guardiola named a surprisingly strong team for the FA Cup third-round win over Exeter on Saturday, and they took full advantage by beating the League One side 10-1, but the likes of Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Gianluigi Donnarumma were all rested. Foden and Silva are likely to return tomorrow night and Howe admits it is tough to know what plans Guardiola will have in place."
Eddie Howe expects a difficult EFL Cup semi-final against Manchester City and wants Newcastle to use their home crowd to impose themselves in the first leg at St James' Park. Newcastle prioritize preparing plans focused on their own strengths while anticipating tactical adjustments from Pep Guardiola. Manchester City rotate and tinker with tactical setups, making them hard to read; Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden are likely to return after being rested in a 10-1 FA Cup win. Newcastle enter the tie as reigning EFL Cup holders, having ended a 70-year domestic trophy drought last season.
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