Sheffield United vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Sheffield United 0-8 Newcastle: There were eight different goalscorers as the hosts suffered their heaviest ever league defeat
Newcastle United ruthlessly put Sheffield United to the sword with a dazzling 8-0 victory at Bramall Lane on Sunday, with eight different players scoring to leave the home side bottom of the Premier League standings.
Newcastle showed no signs of a hangover from midweek after their first Champions League game in 20 years -- a goalless draw away at AC Milan -- and they took a 3-0 lead by halftime with goals from Sean Longstaff, Dan Burn and Sven Botman.
The second half was a similar story as Kieran Trippier racked up his third assist when Callum Wilson headed home before Anthony Gordon curled in Newcastle’s fifth from outside the box, which had Blades fans heading for the exits by the hour mark.
There was no respite as Miguel Almiron and Bruno Guimaraes capitalised on weak defending to make it 7-0 before substitute Alexander Isak completed the rout with a late goal to move Eddie Howe’s side up to eighth in the standings.
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Following a run inside, Davies receives a pass from Basham and drives a shot taken from the left edge of the area well over the crossbar.
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SAVE! Foderingham reaches up and tips the ball over his crossbar, keeping out Anderson's flicked header! Tonali picked out his team-mate with a cross, but he narrowly fails to become Newcastle's eighth goalscorer today.
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Substitution Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura Lewis Kieran Hall
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Newcastle are only the third side in Premier League history to record seven different goalscorers in a single game - own goals excluded - after Chelsea versus Aston Villa in December 2012 and Man Utd versus Southampton in February 2021.
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Substitution James John McAtee Christopher Paul Basham
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After Traore plays him through on the right side of the box, Ahmedhodzic blazes over the crossbar from a tight angle. It was a half-chance, really, but that sums up Sheffield United's day.
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Substitution Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala Sandro Tonali
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