We are ready to give them a war: Murphy ahead of Barcelona clash

Jacob Murphy

Newcastle United midfielder Jacob Murphy issued a rallying cry to his team ahead of their Champions League Round-of-16 second-leg clash against Barcelona here on Wednesday.

The magpies put on an impressive display in the first leg at home, but a late penalty converted by Lamine Yamal leaves the tie finely poised at 1-1. However, any suggestion of Newcastle playing on the back foot was dismissed by Murphy. "It's a Round of 16 second leg, [with] all to play for. We showed what we could do in that game so we're ready to go there and give them a war," said Murphy.

Newcastle's Anthony Gordon (right) celebrates scoring against Chelsea recently. Pic/Getty Images

He added that they will be taking a lot of confidence into the Barcelona encounter from the previous English Premier League fixture too - a 1-0 win over Chelsea.

"We had to dig in. But it was a disciplined [effort]. There was a lot of trust that everyone was going to do what was required of them in every moment. I think that that's an out-of-possession performance we should be looking at very proudly," Murphy added.

Six
Newcastle's current unbeaten streak in the UCL (three wins and three draws)

29
No. of years since Newcastle's last win over Barcelona across all European competitions

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