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Report and free match highlights as Newcastle leapfrog Manchester United into third place with a 2-0 win at St James' Park Joe Willock scores the opening goal on 65 minutes after the midfielder misses two first-half sitters Callum Wilson heads in a second with minutes remaining Joe Willock put two glaring misses behind him to send a dominant Newcastle on their way to a deserved 2-0 win over a toothless Manchester United and third place in the table.
Newcastle midfielder Willock saw one huge opportunity saved by David de Gea on the floor before blazing another effort over before half-time, but he responded with the opener on 65 minutes by heading in from close range after a slick move from the hosts.
Substitute Callum Wilson then put the icing on the cake, heading in a second from a set-piece with three minutes to go to bring Champions League football next season a little closer to St James' Park.In truth, the Magpies should have put more past Erik ten Hag's side, who started Marcus Rashford after he missed international duty with England but only managed one shot on target in a limp display.
The result also means Manchester United could slide down to fifth in the Premier League table should Tottenham avoid defeat at Everton on Monday Night Football, though Spurs would have played two games more than their top-four rivals.Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Ten Hag branded the visitors' performance as "not good enough" as they created nothingI hate to say it, they were better today, he said. "Especially in determination, passion and desire. They wanted to win more this week. So they won.
We had our opportunities but then you have to go for goal with the determination they did. It wasn't good enough. We allowed them too many chances. In the past we were better. You have to be hungry, give everything, every game.We didn't break them. That is the conclusion, we didn't create good chances. Best chance is for Anthony Marital on the equaliser. Not good enough.
How Newcastle failed to find the net in the first half was anyone's guess. Howe's side dominated proceedings as Manchester United failed to record a shot on target before half-time for the first time this season. Sean Longstaff had the first chance of the afternoon as he took down Alexander Isak's knockdown in the box well but miskicked his effort from 12 yards out.But the best chance of the half came on 16 minutes, when Isak headed Jacob Murphy's cross goalwards from six yards out. De Gea parried the effort only as far as the onrushing Willock, whose rebounded effort bounced off the Man United goalkeeper and away.
Newcastle kept the pressure on for most of the first half, seeing Murphy blaze over, while Isak was denied by a strong block by the recovering Raphael Varane from inside the box.Longstaff tried his luck from 20 yards out, his fierce strike whistling just over De Gea's top corner, and Willock then wasted a second gilt-edged chance of the game. Allan Saint-Maximin, who caused the right hand side of the visiting defence all sorts of problems all afternoon, went on a mazy run before pulling the ball back to the Newcastle midfielder, who was leaning back as he fired over from a similar position to his first chance.
Meanwhile, Manchester United's only notable efforts from the first half came from Wout Weghorst hitting the side netting early on and Antony acrobatically volleyed over from a corner when a simpler finish was on.The visitors finally registered a shot on target as Antony curled an effort straight at Nick Pope - but it wasn't long until Newcastle found their deserved opener. A superb move saw Isak feed Bruno Guimaraes on the right wing, the Brazilian then clipping a ball to Saint-Maximin at the back post.The Frenchman nodded back for Willock to finally break De Gea's resistance, sending St James' Park into raptures.
The Magpies came close to a second goal when substitute Joelinton forced De Gea to tip onto the bar, with Fabien Schar heading the rebound onto the post.Then came some sort of life from the visitors. Fernandes' long ball forwards saw Anthony Martial teed up in the box, but the substitute's effort was deflected just wide with Pope wrong-footed. Another substitute, Victor Lindelof, headed over the resulting corner as United's replacements offered more threat than their starters had all gameBut Newcastle ended up getting that result-sealing second, as Wilson nodded in Trippier's delivery late on.
Bercakap kepada Sky Sports selepas perlawanan, beberapa pemain Newcastle bercakap tentang kelegaan mereka untuk membalas dendam kekalahan terakhir Piala Carabao kepada Manchester United 35 hari sebelumnya. Ia benar-benar istimewa," kata pertahanan Dan Burn mengenai kemenangan itu. "Sejak sekian lama, kami sentiasa tidak menyukai Manchester United. Kami telah berhutang kepada mereka musim ini, jadi adalah baik untuk mendapat kemenangan hari ini. Sebagai peminat Newcastle kami terdesak untuk menang. Sepanjang musim [permainan] sentiasa menjadi perlawanan di mana kami mahu menewaskan Manchester United.
Saya rasa seperti kita berhutang kepada mereka selepas perlawanan akhir piala, tambah penjaring gol Willock. Kami tidak mengambil mudah itu jadi kami keluar dan berpegang kepada pelan permainan kami. Ia adalah tiga mata besar. Kalah di final piala amat menyakitkan awak tahu? Jadi kami mengambil kemarahan itu ke dalam permainan ini. Dari awal, kami menguasai permainan. Saya boleh menjaringkan lebih banyak gol dan kecewa kerana tidak masuk dengan satu atau dua gol.
Malah pengurus pembangkang Ten Hag dapat merasakan keinginan Newcastle untuk membalas dendam. Saya melihat dengan mereka keinginan itu, mereka mahu membalas dendam dan mereka mendapatnya, kata pengurus Manchester United itu. “Kami perlu meninggalkannya, ia adalah satu kemunduran dan [kita perlu] belajar daripada pelajaran ini tentang semangat dan keinginan.
Ia dianggap sebagai pertempuran Brunos - dan Newcastle muncul di atas. Kedua-dua Guimaraes dan Fernandes berakhir dengan jumlah sentuhan yang sama dalam permainan - tetapi perkara yang dilakukan pemain dengan dan tanpa bola yang penting. Pemain tengah Newcastle itu mempamerkan persembahan sempurna sepanjang masa yang menjadikannya pemain terbaik perlawanan. Dia memenangi empat kali lebih banyak bola di tengah taman daripada Fernandes dan menyempurnakan lebih banyak hantaran dan sepertiga akhir daripada sesiapa di atas padang.
Dan penglibatan pemain Brazil itu dalam gol pertama Joe Willock untuk Newcastle dalam kemenangan 2-0 mereka ke atas Manchester United tidak boleh dipertikaikan. Berganding bahu dengan Alexander Isak sebelum memberikan bantuan kedua yang menggembirakan, ia merumuskan bagaimana Guimaraes berada di tengah-tengah segala yang dilakukan Newcastle dengan baik. Ia adalah detik pada hari Ahad yang Fernandes hanya boleh menonton dan bermimpi. Manchester United tidak mempunyai semangat dan keazaman di St James Park - itu menurut pengurus dan bek kiri mereka sendiri. Peringatan bahawa Fernandes adalah orang yang memakai pembalut…
Newcastle mempunyai 22 pukulan ke gawang untuk Manchester United berbanding hanya enam di arah bertentangan. Manchester United gagal mencatatkan rembatan ke sasaran pada separuh masa pertama buat kali pertama musim ini. Newcastle menghasilkan jumlah gol yang dijangka 3.57, jumlah xG tertinggi menentang pasukan Erik ten Hag musim ini, manakala Manchester United hanya berjaya 0.43.
Manchester United membuat hanya 93 larian, berbanding Newcastle 136. Manchester United telah gagal menjaringkan gol dalam tiga perlawanan Liga Perdana berturut-turut untuk kali ketujuh, dan buat kali pertama sejak Februari 2020.
