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title: "Newcastle Player Ratings: Stoke (H)"
canonical: "https://readnewcastle.com/2017/09/16/newcastle-player-ratings-stoke-h/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Brian Gosden"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2017-09-16T21:27:56Z"
modified: "2017-09-16T21:36:08Z"
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# Newcastle Player Ratings: Stoke (H)

Jamaal Lascelles scored his second winning goal in two games as Newcastle earned all three points by defeating Stoke City 2-1 at St James’ Park.

The home side took the lead in the 19th minute when Christian Atsu converted a Matt Ritchie’s great cross at the back post.

Stoke levelled the game just before the hour mark when Xherdan Shaqiri curled home a long-range effort, but ten minutes later, Newcastle’s captain stuck the winning blow.

Here’s how I rated the Magpies after the game: