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Newcastle vs Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinches fourth consecutive win

Re-live coverage of the match at St James' Park

Ethan Georgiou,Harry Latham-Coyle
Wednesday 02 January 2019 20:06 GMT
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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.

Wolves 0-0 Crystal Palace, 5 minutes

Jordan Ayew moves beyond the Wolves defence down the right but can't link up with Wilfried Zaha waiting for his cross in the middle.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 19:52

Huddersfield 0-0 Burnley, 7 minutes

Philip Billing knows how to hit them, but on this occasion rather skews his low shot wide from an Alex Pritchard lay-off.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 19:54

Huddersfield 0-0 Burnley, 9 minutes

Steve Mounie takes to the skies with an acrobatic hook towards goal, but his overhead kick flies over the crossbar.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 19:56

​Almost ready to go at the Vitality Stadium and St James' Park, with the players making their way onto the pitch on the South Coast and in the North East.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 19:56

West Ham 0-0 Brighton, 12 minutes

Marko Arnautovic receives the ball in a forward area for the first time after excellent work from Felipe Anderson, but the Austrian is leaning back rather and doesn't manage to get his shot on target.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 19:59

Underway at St James' Park. Will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's winning run continue?

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 20:00

Kick-off at the Vitality Stadium, too.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 20:00

Newcastle 0-0 Manchester United, 1 minute

Five across the back from Newcastle with Matt Ritchie and DeAndre Yedlin in the wing back berths.

A 4-2-3-1 with Paul Pogba ahead of Ander Herrera and Nemanja Matic sitting appears to be the Manchester United system.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 20:01

Newcastle 0-0 Manchester United, 3 minutes

First sighting of Marcus Rashford driving at the Newcastle defence. Rashford rides a couple of challenges but not that of Paul Dumbest, sliding across to take the ball cleanly.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 20:03

Newcastle 0-0 Manchester United, 4 minutes

Juan Mata and Anthony Martial fail to link up in the Newcastle box, but Paul Pogba recovers the loose ball.

A nonchalant no-look knock past a defender opens space for the Frenchman, who drives left-footed across goal but fails to truly trouble Martin Dubravka in the Newcastle goal.

Harry Latham-Coyle2 January 2019 20:04

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