Streak Broken: Man Utd’s Three-Match Winning Run Shattered in 0-1 Loss to Newcastle in Round 14. Newcastle’s Dominance: Fabian Schar Outshoots Entire Man Utd Team 4 Times by 80th Minute.
Anthony Gordon Seals the Deal: Only Goal in the Second Half From Close Range!
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Newcastle dominated the first half, with 14 shots, seven times more than the away team. At the end of the match, Newcastle’s number was 22 and Man Utd’s was 4
The home team’s most dangerous opportunity was defender Kieran Trippier’s free kick against the wall that bounced off the crossbar in the 38th minute. He ran for a while to celebrate, thinking he would score, but fell onto the goal line and bounced out.
At 20 minutes, Isak has a golden opportunity to open the scoring from point-blank range, but Maguire gets a touch to the ball and deflects it just wide of the post
Newcastle attacked Dalot’s wing quite a bit, while the Portuguese defender did not receive the necessary support from Garnacho.
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The controversial situation came in the ninth minute, when defender Diogo Dalot cleared the ball with his right foot and hit his own left hand inside the away team’s penalty area. However, neither referee Robert Jones nor Michael Salisbury thought Newcastle deserved a penalty.
Man Utd had only one notable opportunity in the first half, which was Bruno Fernandes’s left-footed pass for Alejandro Garnacho to dive down the left side of the penalty area. The 19-year-old midfielder shot a low left foot shot towards the near corner, but was kicked out by goalkeeper Nick Pope.
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In attack, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial continued to have lackluster performances.
After squandering opportunities in the first half, Newcastle finally opened the scoring in the 55th minute from a counterattack. Defender Trippier stretched toward the second column as if setting up Anthony Gordon to dive in and cushion the ball into the empty net, when the Man Utd defense had not yet stabilized its position.
Newcastle only slowed down the pace of the match in the last 20 minutes, helping the away team keep the ball more in the opponent’s half. However, Man Utd’s only dangerous opportunity at that time was defender Sergio Reguilon’s volley from outside the penalty area, which was cleared by Schar before the ball entered the net.
For the first time in about half a century, Newcastle won two consecutive matches against Man Utd. Eddie Howe and his team climbed to fifth, pushing the “Red Devils” to seventh.
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Newcastle’s victory was said to be “completely deserved”, according to British newspaper Guardian. “Newcastle played football with intention and strategy for 100 minutes, while Man Utd only caught up with the host in 15 minutes,” the newspaper wrote.
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