Thursday's newspaper back pages are headlined on Newcastle's heavy 7-2 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League in the second leg of the last-16 tie.
But despite an unflattering scoreline, former Premier League striker Chris Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live's Champions League Debrief "there's more to it than that".
"On the face of it, you would think that Newcastle had been pummelled by Barcelona over the two games, but that wasn't the case," said Sutton.
"They were pummelled for one half of one half of football and Newcastle gave such a good account of themselves.
"Eddie Howe was bold in their approach to facing Barcelona, in terms of pressing them high, going man-for-man and going after them. You take a risk by having that approach because Barcelona have some brilliant attacking players, but Newcastle always looked a threat.
"I thought Newcastle would run out of steam, but I didn't see it panning out like that second half and ultimately, Barcelona wiped the floor with them. It was a sorry and sad ending."
Meanwhile, former Magpies defender John Anderson believes they "have to defend better" after making it too easy for Barcelona in the second half.
When asked about whether this thumping defeat could affect Howe's men for Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby against Sunderland at St James’ Park, Anderson told BBC Radio Newcastle: “No I don’t think so. They have to get back on the horse – so to speak – and just get on with it.
"They know how big this game is going to be and they will remember what happened at the Stadium of Light and want to put that right."
Listen to more from Anderson and BBC Radio Newcastle’s Matthew Raisbeck on BBC Sounds
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