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With the players Newcastle United have, it’s so blatantly obvious Steve Bruce needs to switch from his drab 5-3-1-1 formation. But which would be most effective? The argument for playing five at the back was simply put by Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday last week “because your centre-halves aren’t good enough.” Perhaps that was unfair, […]
Mike Ashley versus the Newcastle United supporters is a recurring theme during the Sports Direct tycoon’s ownership of the North East club, with the latest protests threatening fans to withdraw their support if the owner fails to back manager Rafa Benitez. The rumours are that Ashley is refusing to give Benitez further transfer funds until […]
Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game to condemn Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle to a fourth successive league defeat at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. Kane’s goal came after a good one-two with winger Heung-min Son, who set up the target man on the edge of the box to smash the ball into the top-right corner […]
Rafa Benitez’s 100th game as Newcastle boss ended in misery as Everton’s Theo Walcott scored the only goal of the game to defeat the Magpies 1-0 at Goodison Park on Monday. Walcott’s goal came early in the second-half after Yannick Bolasie crossed in a high ball to the back-post for the Englishman to control and […]
Goals from Ayoze Perez and Matt Ritchie extended Newcastle’s wining streak to four as the Magpies reached their 40-point target against Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring for the Gunners with a volleyed-effort, before Ayoze Perez converted a sweeping strike and Matt Ritchie captured a dramatic winner. Lacazette grabbed the opener 14 minutes in, after Shkodran […]
Rafa Benitez suffered disapointment on his return to Anfield, after his Newcastle side were defeated 2-0 to Liverpool on Saturday evening. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain set up Mohammed Salah to open the goal-scoring for Liverpool, and Sadio Mane fired in a second after the interval. Liverpool’s first chance came 15 minutes in, Mohammed Salah volleyed a powerful […]
Dan Gosling scored a late equaliser to haunt his former club Newcastle, who squandered a two goal lead in the final ten minutes. Dwight Gayle scored a first half double, and second half strikes from Andrew Surman and Dan Gosling were enough to grab a point for the Cherries. Newcastle went ahead 16 minutes in, Jonjo […]
Matt Ritchie fired home his first goal of the season, to send Newcastle to a vital 1-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday. Ritchie found himself unmarked in the penalty area following Jonjo Shelvey’s free-kick, and he arrowed the ball into the bottom right corner past David De Gea. Newcastle dominated the early exchanges; Jonjo […]
Luka Milivojevic scored a penalty to deny the Magpies a vital win at Selhurst Park, as Crystal Palace drew 1-1 with Newcastle. Newcastle took the lead through Mo Diame following Kenedy’s corner, but Milivojevic converted his spot-kick to equalise early into the second half. Palace were the first to test their opposition. Patrick Van Aanholt […]
An unfortunate own goal from Newcastle goalkeeper Karl Darlow denied the Magpies a first home league win since October, as they drew 1-1 with Burnley. Jamaal Lascelles powered in a header to send Newcastle ahead, but the uDarlow own goal meant the points were shared on Tyneside. Debutant Kenedy almost got off to the dream […]
Michy Batshuayi bagged a brace to help send Chelsea to the fifth round of the FA Cup after beating Newcastle 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. Batshuayi scored two first half goals to give Chelsea a comfortable lead at the break, and Marcos Alonso added to Chelsea’s tally with a superb free-kick. Newcastle were promising early on, […]
Ayoze Perez fired Newcastle to their second consecutive away win to send the North East side to 13th in the Premier League. Perez was assisted by Jacob Murphy’s brilliantly-executed low cross, meaning the Spaniard only had to keep his composure and tap home. Newcastle started off the brighter side, as Christian Atsu’s first-time strike forced […]
