"He felt his groin. We don't know how serious that is,"
"Going back to Bruno [Guimaraes], I think we missed his ability to pass forward."
"There was certainly an element of our game that got hurt by him not being here. He is possibly the focal point for a lot of our build play."
"We maybe suffered from not having him, but we have to be able to play without him as well and hope we don't have to do that for too long."
Newcastle United lost 2-0 at St James' Park to Aston Villa, with Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins scoring in each half. The defeat marked Newcastle's first home Premier League loss since September 2025. Bruno Guimaraes missed the match with an ankle injury sustained in the Champions League win over PSV; he had been involved in nine home Premier League goals and led the team in goals, tackles and chance creation this season. Joelinton was substituted early in the second half with a suspected groin problem. Newcastle produced 2.3 expected goals but failed to beat Emiliano Martinez and missed the opportunity to close the gap to the top four.
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