Eddie Howe asking same question as every Newcastle fan about Anthony Gordon as pundit calls him out

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe and winger Anthony Gordon (Image: Kevin Hodgson/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Anthony Gordon's Champions League form compared to his Premier League form will have Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe scratching his head in the same way as every Magpies supporter.

That is the verdict of former Blackburn Rovers and Celtic forward Chris Sutton, who is surprised to see such a contrast in Gordon's performances and numbers across the two competitions.

Gordon scored Newcastle's equaliser against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday evening, sending goalkeeper Mark Flekken the wrong way from the penalty spot, before supplying the cross for Lewis Miley to head Newcastle into a 2-1 lead.

Alejandro Grimaldo's 88th-minute equaliser denied Eddie Howe's s