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Wayne Rooney insists Newcastle United were right to chase a second goal against Barcelona (Prime Video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wayne Rooney disagreed with Alan Shearer\u2019s plea for Newcastle United to defend their lead in their 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Eddie Howe\u2019s side delivered an impressive performance against Barcelona at St James\u2019 Park and appeared to be heading into next Wednesday\u2019s second leg with a 1-0 advantage following Harvey Barnes\u2019 goal in the 86th minute.<\/p>\n

But Barcelona were awarded a penalty in the sixth minute of injury time which was scored by Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n

After Barnes\u2019 opener, Newcastle continued to push for a second goal but Shearer believes Eddie Howe should have urged his players to protect their advantage.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game, Shearer told Prime Sport: \u2018They\u2019ve done so many things right tonight, they defended really, really well, they stopped that front three, they created chances but they didn\u2019t take them.<\/p>\n

\u2018But when the big one came along they did and I\u2019m thinking protect the game and take to Barcelona what you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

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Harvey Barnes gave Newcastle United a late lead against Barcelona (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u2018Even when Eddie was telling Dan Burn to go forward with four or five minutes left I was thinking, \u2018maybe not, just sit on your lead\u2019. I don\u2019t know, I thought it was pretty na\u00efve what they were trying to do.<\/p>\n

\u2018It would\u2019ve made it a tad easier going there with 1-0 because they\u2019re a very different outfit in their own stadium, as Newcastle our in our own stadium with the way they press forward. Barcelona do that very, very well. Newcastle have missed a huge opportunity going there with a 1-0 lead.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rooney, however, believes Newcastle were right to push for a second goal to take to Barcelona next week.<\/p>\n

\u2018Firstly I thought Newcastle were outstanding, I thought tactically Eddie Howe got his tactics spot on and Newcastle were the better team and could have won by one or two goals,\u2019 Rooney said.<\/p>\n

\u2018But at this level if you don\u2019t take your chances then you always leave the opposition the opportunity to score and Barcelona did that.<\/p>\n

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Lamine Yamal\u2019s penalty in injury time rescued a draw for Barcelona (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I disagree, I think you [Newcastle] should have went for it. Because 1-0 is a very good score line but to go there and try to get the second goal I think you might need that second goal.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sometimes you pay the price for that. But I think it was a great performance and you should go there with confidence after this performance tonight because it was fantastic.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think they could have taken a bit more care with the ball around Barcelona\u2019s penalty box, the timing of the pass, the weight of the past, that next step to get to the top level I think they just missed in the end and that\u2019s the only thing that let Newcastle down.<\/p>\n

\u2018Knowing you have to go to Barcelona and you have to win the game to go through is a different feeling and they will feel a little bit of deflation but I think what they\u2019ve done tonight is shown they belong, they can compete at this level and Barcelona will be thinking they weren\u2019t expecting that.<\/p>\n

\u2018It will be a different game next week I think Newcastle will have to stay front-footed, try and replicate this performance, I know that\u2019s difficult, but if they can get anything like tonight\u2019s performance I think they\u2019re in with a chance.\u2019<\/p>\n

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