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title: "Newcastle player ratings: Crystal Palace (H)"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2017-10-22T09:26:13Z"
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# Newcastle player ratings: Crystal Palace (H)

Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle left it late against Crystal Palace as the Magpies moved up to sixth in the Premier League momentarily.

A late header from recent permanent signing Mikel Merino secured all three points for the Newcastle boss as talk of a takeover at St James’ Park continues to rumble on.

The fixture was a potential banana skin fixture Benitez’s men with Palace coming into the game full of confidence after beating Chelsea.

Here is how we rated each player after yesterday’s win.