Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd: Willock & Wilson strike as United drop fourth in EPL

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Game is over and the final score is Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Newcastle leap-frogged Manchester United into third, strengthening their case for a top four finish and weakening their opponent's in the process.

Having dominated Erik ten Hag's side for much of the afternoon, Newcastle must have thought that the goal would never come, but it did 25 minutes from the end, thanks to a header from Joe Willock.

Willock had missed the best chance of the game in the first half, but showed resilience and good energy to drive from midfield to nod in Allan Saint-Maximin's header back across goal, which came from a brilliant bit of hold up play by Alexander Isak, who fed Bruno Guimaraes to stand the ball up at the back post.

With three minutes to go of normal time, substitute Callum Wilson nodded in to make it 2-0 and ensure Newcastle of a major scalp in their hunt to join Europe's elite.

Having looked bound for the Champions League places, United have been dragged into a dog-fight top finish in the top four after a run of difficult results.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

15' SAVE! Fine stop from De Gea

19' CLOSE! Sean Longstaff's header wide out

24' Murphy's long shot wide out

38' CHANCE! Sean Longstaff's long shot wide out

65' GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Man Utd (Willock)

78' CLOSE! Willock's long shot wide out

81' MISS! Martial's shot blocked

88' GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd (Callum Wilson)

Line-ups

Newcastle XI: Trippier, Schar, Burn, Pope, Saint-Maximin, J.Murphy, Guimaraes, Isak, Sean Longstaff, Willock, Sven Botman

Subs: Dubravka, Ritchie, Callum Wilson, Lascelles, Manquillo, Targett, Joelinton, Elliot Anderson, Gordon

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Sabitzer, Varane, Shaw, Weghorst, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, Rashford, Martinez, McTominay, Antony

Subs: Lindelof, Maguire, J. Butland, Fred, Martial, Sancho, Bishop, Tyrell Malacia, Facundo Pellistri

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