Steve Bruce’s team played out a goalless draw with Norwich at St. James’s Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Bentaleb, who joined Newcastle on loan from German club Schalke in the January transfer window, started the match and played for the entire 90 minutes.
The Algeria international midfielder played four key passes, had a pass accuracy of 86.4%, won three headers, took 56 touches, and made one tackle, five interceptions and two clearances.
The former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Newcastle’s failure to win against Norwich on Saturday.
Tough game no the result we wanted but we keep on fighting , lets recover and give it all on Tuesday @NUFC pic.twitter.com/S0ineCqi7N
— Nabil Bentaleb (@nabilbentaleb42) February 1, 2020
Stats
Over the course of the 90 minutes at St. James Park on Saturday afternoon, hosts Newcastle had 43% of the possession, took 15 shots of which five were on target, and earned eight corners.
Visitors Norwich had 57% of the possession, took 19 shots of which four were on target, and earned 12 corners.
Newcastle are 10th in the Premier League table at the moment with 31 points from 25 matches.