Newcastle vs Man Utd LIVE: Result and reaction after Callum Wilson seals win in top-four race
Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd: The Magpies land a significant blow in the race for the Premier League top four
Joe Willock and Callum Wilson combined to head Newcastle firmly into the race for Champions League qualification as they leapfrogged Manchester United into third place.
Willock’s 65th-minute header, his third goal of the season, and a second from substitute Wilson two minutes from time inflicted just a second defeat in 17 games in all competitions on Erik ten Hag’s side and gained a measure of revenge for February’s Carabao Cup final heartache at Wembley.
It was a deserved 2-0 victory too for the Magpies, who created the better chances in the game and might have gone ahead through Alexander Isak, Sean Longstaff and Willock before they broke the deadlock in front of a crowd of 52,268.
They are now level on 50 points - one more than they collected during the whole of the last campaign - with United, but have a significantly better goal difference with both having 11 games to play.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
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The ball finds Anthony from the corner but the Brazilian's audacious attempted volley flies harmlessly over the bar.
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OVER!! Saint-Maximin again is at the heart of it and Willock with a golden opportunity this time. Isak holds up the ball fantastically and releases the winger down the left. Saint-Maximin cuts it back into the box and perfectly onto the onrushing Willock but his first-time effort is always rising and goes over the bar from close range.
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WIDE!!! Another good opportunity for Newcastle. Saint-Maximin courts the attention of numerous United players as he makes a burst up the left but the Frenchman cuts inside before feeding Longstaff on the edge of the box. The midfielder winds up and unleashes a vicious strike from the edge of the box which beats the flailing De Gea but sails narrowly past the right upright.
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Murphy finds a pocket of space on the edge of the box and plays a cute reverse pass into Isak but the Swede's effort is blocked by the United central defenders.
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Fernandes makes a promising run down the left and floats and ball across the box onto the onrushing Dalot. The right-back looks to guide the ball towards his teammates in the box but it deflects off a Newcastle boot and into the hands of Pope in goal.
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