Newcastle vs Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinches fourth consecutive win
Re-live coverage of the match at St James' Park
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Your support makes all the difference.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's dream start to life in the Manchester United hotseat continued at Newcastle as the caretaker manager emulated Sir Matt Busby's record feat of winning his first four league matches in charge.
The encouraging post-Jose Mourinho era continued at St James' Park, where the Norwegian's side emerged from their toughest test to date with another three points and a clean sheet to boot.
Solskjaer's Reds rode their luck at times as Christian Atsu proved a thorn in their side, but substitute Romelu Lukaku scored with his first touch of the game before Marcus Rashford wrapped up a 2-0 win at Rafael Benitez's struggling Newcastle.
It was a dogged display that showed flashes of exciting attacking football at a ground where United had fallen to defeat in February, thanks in no small part to a man-of-the-match display by Martin Dubravka.
Newcastle's goalkeeper was in the headlines for the wrong reasons this time as he spilled a stinging Rashford free-kick, allowing sub Lukaku to turn home just 38 seconds after coming on. Rashford joined in on the act by completing a fine counter-attack as the visitors took their goal tally to 14 goals in four matches. Re-live the action below:
What time does it start?
Newcastle United vs Manchester United kicks off at 8pm (GMT)
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Premier League. Sky customers can also view the action online live on the Sky Go app.
Independent Sport will also keep you up to date with the goals as the fly in via our live blog.
Player to watch
Paul Pogba: Mourinho never got the best out of the French World Cup winner but finally he’s back. With an astonishing four goals, three assists and two Man of the Matches in his last three games, Pogba is showing what he’s capable of.
Form guide
Newcastle Utd: DLDWLD
Manchester Utd: WWWLWD
Odds
Newcastle Utd to win: 19/4
Manchester Utd to win: 3/5
Draw: 3/1
Prediction
Newcastle Utd 1-4 Manchester Utd: Manchester Utd have looked like a completely different side of late and finally Pogba is beginning to recreate his impressive World Cup form under the new manager. Newcastle are struggling to consistently pick up points and I think they’ll slump to a defeat against a confident side.
Newcastle 0-2 Manchester United, 90 + 5 minutes
Romelu Lukaku opts to shoot with four teammates in support as Manchester United again find space on the break.
His effort is lacking in power, and Martin Dubravka brings the ball into his body comfortably on this occasion.
Matching the achievement of Sir Matt Busby, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer begins his stint at Manchester United with four wins from four. A first clean sheet of the Solskjaer tenure, and goals from Romelu Lukaku (moments after coming off the bench) and Marcus Rashford giving the visitors a 2-0 win.
Newcastle had their chances. Christian Atsu had about five sighters at goal on his left foot, but not a single one seriously troubled David De Gea, and Rafa Benitez's side lack of quality in the final third showed.
Newcastle stay 15th, level on points with Burnley and Cardiff below them, just two points clear of the relegation zone.
That's all from us here tonight. The Independent will have all the reaction and analysis you need from tonight's games, so stay with us.
A huge fixture tomorrow - the two best teams in the country meet at the Etihad Stadium. A must win game for Manchester City; a potential title-securer for Liverpool?
We'll have live coverage of Manchester City and Liverpool's seismic clash tomorrow, but for now, it is goodnight. I've been Harry Latham-Coyle - thank you for joining me.
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