Newcastle vs Man United LIVE: Impressive Magpies thrash ‘weak’ visitors to go fourth in Premier League
Newcastle United 4-1 Manchester United: Harvey Barnes scored an impressive double before Altay Bayindir’s error was punished by Bruno Guimaraes
Newcastle United thumped Manchester United 4-1 to go fourth in the Premier League and claim their first league double over the Red Devils since the 1930s.
Harvey Barnes scored twice in the second half, either side of goals from Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes, as Newcastle leapfrogged Manchester City and Chelsea and took a huge step towards securing a Champions League spot for next season.
With manager Eddie Howe in hospital, Newcastle made a bright start and opened the scoring when Tonali volleyed in Alexander Isak’s clever dink. Alejandro Garnacho equalised before half time but Barnes scored a quickfire double after the restart.
Ruben Amorim took the decision to rest Andre Onana after his errors against Lyon in midweek but it did not stop another goalkeeping mistake as Altay Bayindir’s misplaced pass was punished by Guimaraes for Newcastle’s fourth.
The visitors remain 14th and their season now hinges on Thursday’s Europa League second leg against Lyon, with Joshua Zirkzee a major doubt after limping off in the second half with a hamstring injury. Follow all the Premier League reaction with our live blog below:
Newcastle 3-1 Manchester United
68 mins: With a game in hand, Newcastle could be in a brilliant position coming out of this weekend - currently fourth and well in the hunt for Champions League football.
If United want to throw a spanner in the works, they really need to wake up.
GOAL! Newcastle 3-1 Manchester United
64 mins: GOAL! Harvey Barnes right through the heart of United!
He nicks it off Mazraoui and drives at the United back-line, bursting through the gap before bending one into the top corner.
What a strike, and a what massive goal that could be in Newcastle’s push for Champions League.
Newcastle 2-1 Manchester United
62 mins: Murphy receives it on the right and curls one towards Dan Burn, but even the big centre-back can’t get high enough to get a proper connection on it.
It loops over and United have a goal-kick.
Newcastle 2-1 Manchester United
60 mins: Mount spins away from Schar and then wins a free-kick - a lovely touch.
Newcastle feeling quite comfortable at the moment, nonetheless.
Newcastle 2-1 Manchester United
56 mins: It’s a triple change for United, with Dorgu and Mount joining Hojlund as the newcomers. Garnacho and Amass are off, along with Zirkzee of course.
Newcastle 2-1 Manchester United
52 mins: Zirkzee skips past a couple challenges but when he reaches the edge of the box, his hamstring goes.
A shame because he was having a pretty good game. Hojlund is coming on.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-1 Manchester United
49 mins: GOAL! Harvey Barnes snatches back Newcastle’s lead!
United are caught cold as a ball comes across the box - it goes beyond the goal-face but it falls to Jacob Murphy, who puts it back into the danger area where Barnes is tap in!
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
48 mins: Zirkzee has space to drive into and slips it through to Dalot - Tonali bundles into him but no penalty says the ref.
Amass then blazes over. He saw his name in lights.
BACK UNDERWAY! Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
46 mins: BACK UNDERWAY! We’re off again.
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