Real Mallorca 1-0 Newcastle: Kevin Keegan faces striker crisis
Published 00:00 04/08/08 By By Simon Bird
Kevin Keegan is facing a striker crisis that is wrecking his pre-season preparation.
Newcastle suffered their third consecutive defeat in eight days with a poor performance last night.
Keegan's men have not scored in the last three matches with Michael Owen, Mark Viduka and Oba Martins all still to feature in warm - up games.
The Geordies ended a disappointing tour to Mallorca by losing to a sixth minute header from striker Mario Suarez.
Owen is expected to be fit for Wednesday's friendly against PSV Eindhoven - and Keegan definitely needs some spark up front.
Alan Smith toiled as a lone forward last night. He has not scored since April 2007 and never in a black and white shirt in 37 appearances.
United's only effort was a free header by Sebastien Bassong that went wide.
Keegan could only name six subs, none with firstteam experience.
That compared with 12 on Real's bench, demonstrating just how thin Keegan's squad is.
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