Robson hails his supersubs


Late Equaliser

By Matthew Jones
September 3 2002

Sir Bobby Robson has hailed his three supersubs after Monday evening's dramatic fightback at Anfield, which earned the Magpies a 2-2 draw. Sir Bobby Robson has hailed his three supersubs after Monday evening's dramatic fightback at Anfield, which earned the Magpies a 2-2 draw.

Newcastle were trailing 2-0 to Liverpool when the Newcastle boss sent Jermaine Jenas, Laurent Robert and Craig Bellamy into the fray 26 minutes from time.

And all three played their part as the Magpies stole a point with goals from Gary Speed and Alan Shearer in the last 10 minutes.

"I always knew we had more than £30m worth of talent in reserve should we need it.

"They weren't going to come on if we¹d been in control but we ended up in trouble.

"I was forced to make the changes and they had a sudden impact. At one point we looked like were dead and buried but with four internationals waiting in the wings I could always give my players a pick-me-up," said Robson.

Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier added: "Bobby made three clever substitutions and we were drawn into an attacking game in the closing stages when we should have shut up shop."

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