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2024/25:
Devils dispatched

Newcastle  4  Manchester United  1

Match action is online here

A fourth successive Premier League victory continued Newcastle's charge for Champions League qualification on Sunday, a comprehensive dismantling of Manchester United propelling them into fourth place.

Overseen by coach Jason Tindall in the absence of the hospitalised Eddie Howe, the Magpies boasted with an unchanged line-up for the fifth game in succession. 

Alexander Isak teed up Sandro Tonali to volley past goalkeeper Altay Bayindir after 24 minutes, the Premier League debutant then denying our top scorer a second goal that would have reflected the balance of play.

However a rare venture into the home box on 37 minutes saw Diogo Dalot play in Alejandro Garnacho, who steered his low shot beyond Nick Pope and into the net.

The hosts redoubled their efforts after the interval and ruthless pressing on the visitor's goal was rewarded within five minutes of the restart.

Bruno Guimaraes found Tino Livramento on the left just inside the opposition half and the full back who spent much of the game in an attacking role shimmied past Dalot's before laying a low pass across the six yard box that reached Jacob Murphy beyond the back post.

His astute layoff back across goal was met by the advancing Harvey Barnes who converted from close range at the Gallowgate End.

The winger was celebrating his third goal of the week quarter of an hour later, capitalising on Noussair Mazraoui's stumble and setting off for goal before supplying a memorable finish. 

And on a day when Wor Flags paid tribute to Kevin Keegan, Bruno Guimaraes won his one on one with Bayindir in a manner reminiscent of KK's debut strike against QPR's Peter Hucker back in August 1982. 

That rounded off the scoring and sealed Newcastle's first league double over the Old Trafford side in 94 years; Anthony Gordon returning from injury and suspension to appear in the closing stages.  

Next up for the black and whites is their game in hand against Crystal Palace at Gallowgate this Wednesday night, where another maximum point haul would lift them up to third - five points clear of the team in sixth place.

Team: Pope, Trippier (Krafth 78), Livramento, Schar, Burn, Joelinton (Longstaff 85), Tonali, Guimaraes (Miley 85), Barnes, J.Murphy (Gordon 78), Isak (Wilson 78).
Subs n/u: Dubravka, Targett, Neave, Osula.

Booked: None

Goals: Tonali 24, Barnes 49,64, Guimaraes 77

A fourth successive PL appearance without a caution meant that Joelinton remains on nine bookings and needs to avoid censure against Crystal Palace in order to avoid an automatic two game ban.

The threat of a similar punishment for Dan Burn has now passed, with him on eight bookings but just one game away from the 32 game seasonal cutoff point. 

The nearest Joelinton came to censure was with the game stopped and his substitution indicated; Joe arguing with Manuel Ugarte as Bruno frog-marched him from the field and indicating his willingness to continue the exchange with the Uruguayan off the pitch....

MUFC: Bayindir, Yoro, Lindelof, Mazraoui (Shaw 78), Amass (Dirgu 55), Eriksen, Ugarte, Dalot, Fernandes (Mainoo 82), Garnacho (Mount 55), Zirkzee (Hojlund 55).
Subs n/u: Casemiro, Heaton, Heaven, Maguire. 

Booked: Ugarte, Yoro

Goal: Garnacho 37

Crowd: 52,252. The visitors took the full 3,200 places in L7 but some remained unoccupied.

Ex-Magpies in attendance included Nicky Butt, David Ginola, Rob Lee and Alan Shearer. England boss Thomas Tuchel was also present.

Although the man in question had been on Tyneside less than 48 hours before, Kevin Keegan wasn't present as
Wor Flags staged a tribute to Kevin Keegan across three side of SJP before kick-off.

Jason Tindall said:

"I said to the players before the game we need a performance the manager would be proud of.

"I had a message from him just before I've come up to do the press congratulating the team and performance and work from everyone.

"He was able to watch the game and I'm sure that performance will put a smile on his face.

"I’ve just seen a message from him before I came to do the press, congratulating the performance from everybody and from the team. He was able to watch it, and I’m sure that would have lifted his spirits.

"He trusted the decision we’d make, we’ve been working together for a long time. He was able to communicate earlier on in the week, then put his trust in everyone to put in a performance he’d be proud of, and the boys delivered.

"We had to make a couple of tweaks at half-time, we were a few yards off on our press. The lads went back out and delivered their tactical executions superbly well.

"I'm super proud of the players. Not surprised because we've got a fantastic group of players - we've got some great leaders within that. 

"It's times like this when the manager is not there, when he's not there to lead the team, you have to step up individually and collectively.

"Everybody certainly did that today, so really, really proud of the players to go out and deliver the performance that they did today against a good Manchester United team. 

"I think the team probably picked itself in recent performances.

"Eddie put his trust in myself and the work and the rest of the support staff to go out and deliver the performance. He trusted that if decisions needed to be made and tweaks needed to be made, that we'd make the right choices and make the right decisions.

"Thankfully, that happened today and as I say, I'm sure he'll be really proud of it.”

Asked about Howe's condition:

"No updates. I haven't really had the opportunity to speak to him properly."

Tindall oversaw the side with coach Graeme Jones for the second time, the pair previously taking charge in November 2021 for a 3-3 home draw with Brentford.

That came about when Howe tested positive for COVID ahead of his first game as Magpies boss. He watched the game on TV while isolating in a nearby hotel.

Referee: Chris Kavanagh - fourth Toon posting of the current season for the Lancastrian whistler, following the 2-1 win at Wolves, 2-0 home Carabao Cup defeat of Chelsea and 1-2 home loss to Fulham.

VAR: Peter Bankes

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Following a 2-0 success at Old Trafford in December, Newcastle gained the victory that sealed a first league win double over Manchester United since 1930/31.

Newcastle achieved three successive home league wins over the Red Devils for the first time ever in the Premier League and the first time in the top flight since the 1968/69, 1969/70 and 1970/71 seasons.

The Magpies scored more than three goals in a game against Manchester United for only the third time in 60 Premier League meetings - the 5-0 home win in October 1996 and 4-3 success at SJP in September 2001.

Newcastle have now taken six points off six teams this season, Manchester United following Leicester City, Spurs, Wolves, Southampton and Nottingham Forest in losing to us both home and away.

Sandro Tonali scored his fifth goal of the season, three of which have come in the Premier League. He now has four PL goals to his name.

Harvey Barnes made it eight PL goals for the season, leaving him second top scorer behind Alexander Isak. 

The former Fox now has 13 as a Magpie, taking him level with Hatem Ben Arfa. He's now two short of a PL half century, adding in his 35 efforts for Leicester City.

Bruno Guimaraes netted his 20th PL goal, two ahead of Anthony Gordon and two behind Joelinton. United's captain has four PL strikes to his name this season.

U19s:
Dallas defeat

Sao Paulo U19s  5  Newcastle U19s  0

United U19s endured a difficult afternoon in the Cotton Bowl on Sunday, as they commenced their Dallas Cup participation with defeat by Sao Paulo.

The Brazilian side were beginning the defence of their Super Group title and went ahead within 90 seconds, only to then concede a seventh minute penalty that Kasey Wooster dragged wide of the target.

Sao Paulo then doubled their lead after 16 minutes in blazing sunshine and it was 0-3 by the 38th minute.

Into the second period and a free kick conversion from distance increased United's agony and it was 0-5 on the hour, the scoring thankfully complete at that point.

Match rerun is online here

Team: Taylor, Durrant, Epia, Johnson, M.Miley, Cogdon, O'Donnell, Harper, Ferreira, Wooster, Fitzgerald.
Subs: tbc

Next up for the Magpies is a game against Austin-based Lonestar Soccer Club at Richland College on Tuesday, completing their Group stage ties on Wednesday against Mexicans Tigres at the Toyota Soccer Centre.

The 12 team U19 segment of the tournament then moves to a knockout format. 

The original Cotton Bowl Stadium opened in 1930 and had a maximum capacity of 75,000. It hosted six matches during the 1994 World Cup Finals.

United's 19 man squad is as follows: James Taylor, Tyler Jones, Aaron Epia, Jake Durrant, Henry Johnson, Jude Cogdon, Guy Bloomer, Thomas Old, Lesecond Yeutembip, Matthew Taylor, Alex O'Donovan, Baran Yildiz, Mason Miley, Fraser Harper, Noah Morgan, Matheos Ferreira, Kacey Wooster, Kayden Lucas, Kyle Fitzgerald.

Live streams of the games are available online here (subscription required)

Toon tunes:
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With their place in the one-off playoff round confirmed,
Newcastle U21s play their final regular game of the PL2 season on Monday evening (7pm).

The opponents at the Joie Stadium are a Manchester City side who sit two points clear of their nearest challengers Fulham at the top of the table, enjoying a vastly superior goal difference over the Cottagers.

At the same time as City are hosting Newcastle in their last game, Fulham close out their fixtures against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

The Magpies are currently ninth but could end up anywhere between fifth and 11th. 

The top eight teams then host one additional playoff round game each against the sides finishing ninth to sixteenth, with the first place finisher hosting the 16th, second the 15th etc.

Those 16 teams won't be confirmed until after the final two regular games of the season take place on Friday.

Advance tickets were available online here but went off sale over the weekend. It's unclear whether walk-ups will be accepted on the night.

This will be the first time that any Newcastle side has played at City's purpose-built ground for development and Women's teams that opened in 2014.

PS: U21 midfielder Ellis Stanton has confirmed his release by United via social media in recent days.

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