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Newcastle Take The Points At St. James' Park

Leicester City were defeated 4-0 by Newcastle United in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Saturday.

2024-12-14T17:05+00:00

Newcastle Take The Points At St. James' Park

Leicester City were defeated 4-0 by Newcastle United in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Saturday.

2024-12-14T17:05+00:00

Newcastle Take The Points At St. James' Park

Leicester City were defeated 4-0 by Newcastle United in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Saturday.

2024-12-14T17:05+00:00

Newcastle Take The Points At St. James' Park

Leicester City were defeated 4-0 by Newcastle United in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Saturday.

2024-12-14T17:05+00:00

Newcastle Take The Points At St. James' Park

Leicester City were defeated 4-0 by Newcastle United in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Saturday.

2024-12-14T17:05+00:00

Two strikes from Jacob Murphy bookended other efforts from Bruno Guimarães and Alexander Isak in the North East to hand Ruud van Nistelrooy his first defeat as City Manager, after collecting four points from his first two games in charge.

There were two changes forced on van Nistelrooy after last weekend’s last-gasp draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. Central duo Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumaré were out, one through injury, the other suspended, handing returns to Hamza Choudhury and Oliver Skipp. The Manager’s midfield headache, meanwhile, opened the door for Henry Cartwright to step up from the Academy and feature in a First Team squad for the first time. The 19-year-old was one of four Academy graduates named in the matchday squad. A typically boisterous atmosphere greeted the sides when they entered the St. James’ turf, although a ripple of boos rung out when the home faithful realised City skipper Jamie Vardy had won the toss and elected to force Newcastle into switching ends for the first half. The first hopeful roar of the 90, on the other hand, came from the 3,200 travelling fans at the top of the huge Leazes Stand as Kasey McAteer – one of those Academy representatives – swung a cross in for Vardy, although Fabian Schär did well to clear the danger. Newcastle’s first opening was clearer cut, mind you, as Anthony Gordon’s fierce drive from the edge of City’s box forced Mads Hermansen into an excellent reaching stop. Gordon was the architect of the hosts’ next chance, from the resulting corner, but Dan Burn nodded the former Everton man’s cross over the bar and into the Gallowgate end. Guimarães was the next man in black and white to head over Hermansen’s goal as the Magpies pushed forwards.

Joelinton, on the other hand, sent a low hit straight at Hermansen, while Murphy’s curler fizzed the wrong side of the far post as Newcastle countered down the right flank. The Leicester backline was under duress but, for the most part, they were holding firm early on. Referee Tom Bramall had a decision to make just before the half-hour as the Gallowgate cried penalty when Sandro Tonali’s effort hit Choudhury’s chest in the box. Murphy, incidentally, arrowed the rebound wide, but the North East locals wanted a spot-kick for handball. There was a short delay, as VAR considered an intervention, but before long the ball was rolling with nothing doing. Murphy was more pin-point with his next finish, however, as Gordon’s drag-back invited him to finish into the near bottom corner in the 31st minute. The deadlock broken, the Foxes were grateful it wasn’t 2-0 five minutes later. Joelinton threaded the ball through to Isak and the Swede was away. Hermansen raced off his line but will have been surprised, like all those in the stands, to see Isak side-foot the ball straight at him. Guimarães was the pantomime villain before the break, certainly from a Leicester perspective anyway, first being accused by the travelling fans of simulation under pressure from Jannik Vestergaard in the box. The referee disagreed with the charge levelled his way, however, refusing to reach for a yellow card as punishment, yet awarding the visitors a free-kick nonetheless. Less than 60 seconds later, the Magpies skipper was in the book for a heavy challenge on Stephy Mavididi.

There was some optimism before the interval for the Foxes. A blocked Skipp drive, a caught Vardy header and nice passages of play were a reminder of the form which has seen them pick up four points from a possible six under van Nistelrooy’s management. There was a blow before the second half began, however, as Hermansen was forced off with an injury. Danny Ward was the former Brøndby goalkeeper’s replacement. Less than two minutes into the second 45, Newcastle’s second goal arrived. Two minutes after that, their third too. Firstly, Gordon’s free-kick was floated to Lewis Hall, on the left of the box, who headed the ball across goal to Guimarães, inviting the Brazilian to nod it in at the far post. Hall was imperative again for the third, clipping a delivery into the box, which glanced Conor Coady’s thigh, for Isak to convert from close range. In the space of five minutes, the game had got away from City. A fingertip stop from Ward, meanwhile, prevented a fourth as Isak teed up Murphy to belt the ball at goal on the counter. He was there again to deny Isak when that Toon duo linked up again, Murphy’s cross being diverted first-time towards goal on the edge of the area by Isak. On the hour, though, Murphy got his second of the afternoon, rifling Isak’s through-ball past Ward. Leicester were able to halt the relentless attacks in the latter stages, limiting Eddie Howe’s men to occasional openings rather than waves of pressure. Former Fox Harvey Barnes, introduced from the bench, arrowed one wide after Tonali found the side-netting from a tight angle. Ward was there later on as well to get a hand to two Barnes efforts to frustrate his former team-mate. The job was done for the home side, though, and Leicester must now pick themselves up quickly. A match of real significance sits on the horizon for City, who welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to King Power Stadium next Sunday.

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