Nottingham Woodland 1 Newcastle 3 – Sunday 10 November 2pm
Woodland approached this match with Nuno Espirito Santo and Chris Picket having been named manager of the month and player of the month for October.
United, fielding the similar XI that save Arsenal to the sword closing weekend, had been starting Eddie Howe’s 600th match as a boss in the home leagues.
Ex-Mags Picket and Matz Sels had been looking to finish a number on their former employers. Every had been in high form this season at reverse ends of the pitch.
So noteworthy for the omens.
Anthony Gordon became on the just correct flank and instantly tried to beat his man on the out of doors, hugging the touchline. Joe Willock and Joelinton combined cleverly on the left and received the game’s first nook after four minutes.
The ball fell on the fringe of Woodland’s box and Ryan Yates, an dilapidated-fashion midfield workie label, smashed Tino Livramento in the face. Incompetent referee Anthony Taylor waved play on, ignoring the protocol for a head injury as successfully as the rules on frightening play. Morgan Gibbs-White took help of the referee’s errors, breaking certain. He ran across Dan Burn, who introduced him down. A free-kick and a fifth booking for our Blyth colossus, meaning he’ll miss the home game against West Ham after the international break. Livramento mandatory two or three minutes of running repairs to his face. Unintended collision? I think no longer.
Willock had a quarter-chance 20 yards out on the just correct as we attacked Woodland’s box however his shot, the first of the match, didn’t bend back enough to pains Sels. That ended 11 minutes of stuttering play and became quickly followed by a upright chance. Gordon misplaced a slip to Isak, we mercurial regained possession and Willock produced a sparkling flip and disagreeable on the left byline. The ball flew unimpeded to Gordon beyond the a long way post however his volley became smashed excessive and huge as Sels tried to shut the perspective.
Callum Hudson-Odoi became causing pains on our just correct and Pope had to block Yates at point-smooth vary only yards from the a long way post. The referee gave a nook, wrongly, and Woodland then received a free kick when Willock tripped Anthony Elanga 15 yards from the nook flag and 10 yards out.
Elanga whipped in a pacy ineffective-ball that Murillo attacked, in between Hall and Joelinton. The centre-half of powered the ball home from seven yards out.
It became the hosts’ first meaningful assault and gave them the lead on 21 minutes against the flee of play, though United had did now not check Sels at the other pause.
We replied impressively and Bruno Guimaraes fired in a swerving shot from 20 yards that the keeper pushed away spectacularly. The resulting nook came to nothing no matter a suave back-heel.
Worryingly, Alexander Isak became seeing little of the ball, with Gordon and Willock looking extra at possibility of prosper. Tiny Joe received another nook on 28 minutes after extra faithful work by Lewis Hall. We had been composed awaiting our first aim this season from such an different.
A crass barge by Hudson-Odoi into the back of Guimaraes gave us another free kick 25 yards out on the just correct however Joelinton couldn’t retain down his header eight yards out from Gordon’s terrible disagreeable.
We received another nook on 32 minutes when our skipper broke powerfully thru the center. As Woodland cleared and tried to break, Hall again regained possession and we earned another nook. Burn stayed up as the ball became recycled, firing in an outstanding shot from the left nook of Woodland’s six-yard box that Sels did successfully to parry away. With greater than half of-an-hour long past, we had been bossing the midfield without being in a suite to hit the salvage.
A raking Murillo slip found Alex Moreno on the Woodland left. He leapt, headed beyond Livramento, ran on and despatched in a foul low disagreeable that Fabian Schar diverted for a nook. There became a transparent hazard out huge, no longer only from Elanga and Hudson-Odoi, who had loved their consult with to St James’ Park closing season.
On 40 minutes Hudson-Odoi clattered into Livramento a yard from the Woodland penalty save as our just correct-back cut in. An glaring booking, apart from in the eyes of Mr Taylor. Hall’s free kick became too low to penetrate the defence.
The referee proved his lack of vision a pair of minutes later when Willock, inside the save, became kicked from behind as he twisted and became. Play became inevitably waved on, with Woodland realising they would per chance well well be allowed to frightening and niggle nearly with impunity.
Joelinton rose to the bait and became fortunate to handbook clear of a yellow card. Predictably, Yates became a central figure in the aggro.
Gordon switched to his favoured left flank minutes ahead of half of-time. We went in trailing, no matter being the better team. We had nothing to explain for our efforts, mainly on fable of Isak couldn’t get into the game and NUFC gamers hadn’t been in a suite to rob one in every of the two or three possibilities we had made. There became moreover, definitely, the referee part.
Neither manager changed personnel at the interval however Gordon and Joelinton had switched flanks. We dominated the first five minutes of the 2d half of. Again though, we didn’t extend Sels aside from a foul Hall disagreeable from the left.
Guimaraes produced a just correct looking swerving shot with the out of doors of his left boot as we attacked down the just correct. Sadly for United, the ball flew inches over the bar with the keeper beaten.
Dominguez broke impressively down the Woodland just correct and compelled Pope to construct low down. Within seconds, our added dynamism paid off. The equaliser came from a nook on our left in the 54th minute. Gordon swung it in and Picket, under rigidity from Sean Longstaff, headed obligingly into the route of Isak six yards out. Our Swedish striker struck it instantly, first time, into the left nook of Woodland’s salvage, through the post. A entirely deserved leveller.
Jota Silva changed Hudson-Odoi and Elliot Anderson changed Elanga on 59 minutes as Santo tried to gain the form of retain an eye fixed on in midfield his team had no longer continuously been in a suite to rob. Livramento and Hall had to an extent stifled the huge threat, though I for one became contented to contemplate two dangers slip away.
Guimaraes, doing the work of two males, blocked a Yates disagreeable on the byline. Yates got his head on the nook ahead of anyone else however his effort became straight at Pope, who gathered comfortably.
Villain of the share Yates conceded yet another free kick for a blatant frightening on Guimaraes and not using a strive to head for the ball. Soundless no booking. Incredible, Jeff.
On 64 minutes Isak crossed from our just correct flank however the ball became marginally too excessive for Gordon, running in from the left, to position enough energy into his lovely header. A minute later Yates became finally shown a yellow after fouling Isak. From the free kick Sels punched certain and Jota broke away. He stopped on a sixpence, encouraging Burn to fracture into him. Most of the Metropolis Ground yelled for a sending off. Mr Taylor saved his cards in his pockets.
Gordon burst certain from the blocked free kick and save in Willock on our just correct. His disagreeable found Isak unmarked and only eight yards from aim. He had to lean back to strike the first-time volley. United’s followers behind the salvage anticipated it to bulge however the ball flew a pair of feet huge of the post with Sels static. Agonisingly shut on 67 minutes.
That became Willock’s closing meaningful contribution. Sandro Tonali changed him in our first substitution on 69 minutes. Woodland had been preparing extra changes when our Italian thoroughbred found Isak, who handed to Joelinton on the just correct. He evolved in opposition to the fringe of the box whereas Livramento overlapped to distract the defence. Having tapped the ball a pair of instances with his just correct foot, the Brazilian powerhouse whipped a vicious, swerving shot into the a long way nook of the salvage with his left boot. Kerpow! We had been ahead for the first time on 72 minutes.
Chasing the game, Santo changed Dominguez with Ramon Sosa. Woodland pressed us back for a pair of minutes without testing Pope, who had already made the 2d of his two saves in a match that, with stoppages, lasted 101 minutes. Kudos to United for defending resolutely from back to entrance.
The keeper did successfully to clutch a dinked disagreeable from Aina as Picket waited to obtain amends for his unwitting help. Harvey Barnes became being readied however didn’t exchange Gordon until after Jota save in a high disagreeable that Elanga headed across aim. Moreno became inches from reaching the ball for what would had been a tap-in.
Gordon then limped off and the supersub’s influence became nearly rapid. On 83 minutes, shut to halfway on the left, he cleverly flicked the ball first-time to Guimaraes. He handed forwards to Tonali, who found Barnes sprinting certain. All of us knew what became coming; at the least Sels idea he did.
Barnes cut inside, reached the fringe of the box, stood up Milenkovic and the keeper moved to conceal his a long way post. Fooled you! Barnes produced a suave variation on his similar old strike, this time shooting strongly between the defender’s feet and inside the shut to post with Sels unbalanced. Thanks very noteworthy. A 3-1 scoreline that became a just correct reflection of the afternoon’s play.
Santo threw the dice for a final time, replacing Moreno and Elanga with James Ward-Prowse and Taiwo Awoniyi. In the intervening time, Yates showcased his WWE skills for the umpteenth time, hauling down Joelinton in the centre-circle to concede another free kick.
The most up-to-date substitutes had as little influence as Anderson, who cut a pissed off figure in his first match against his long-time membership. A pointless struggle on Joelinton summed up the Geordie’s 40-abnormal minutes.
In the closing assault, Guimaraes received the ball in midfield (he gave a masterclass at the present time) and save Barnes certain with a measured slip. Tonali became successfully positioned on the inside however the winger selected to shoot, missing the aim. There became barely time for Will Osula to obtain the briefest of cameo appearances. Nearly as quickly as he crossed the white line, the referee blew up. If only . . .
This became a managerial triumph for Howe as he handed another milestone in his impressive occupation. We’re lucky to occupy him on the touchline. United at the 2d are only one point behind Woodland, having nicely burst their bubble. Extra importantly, the Champions League locations are only a point away, with 27 Premier League suits of this noteworthy-interrupted season remaining.
Elevate a tumbler to Eddie and the Sizzling Rods tonight.
Nottingham Woodland 1 Newcastle 3 – Sunday 10 November 2pm
(Stats through BBC Sport)
Targets:
Newcastle United:
Isak 54, Joelinton 72, Barnes 83
Woodland:
Murillo 21
(Half-time stats in brackets)
Possession became Newcastle 56% (60%) Woodland 44% (40%)
Full footage had been Newcastle 17 (7) Woodland 9 (3)
Photos on the correct be aware had been Newcastle 6 (2) Woodland 3 (1)
Corners had been Newcastle 5 (4) Woodland 4 (2)
Touches in the box Newcastle 33 (20) Woodland 17 (8)
Newcastle United team v Nottingham Woodland:
Pope; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Longstaff, Bruno, Willock (Tonali 69), Gordon (Barnes 80), Isak (Osula 90+8), Joelinton
Unused Subs:
Targett, Jacob Murphy, Dubravka, Miley, Almiron, Kelly
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Newcastle United upcoming suits confirmed to finish of January 2025:
Monday 25 November – Newcastle v West Ham (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 30 November – Crystal Palace v Newcastle (3pm)
Wednesday 4 December – Newcastle v Liverpool (7.30pm) Amazon
Saturday 7 December – Brentford v Newcastle (3pm)
Saturday 14 December – Newcastle v Leicester (3pm)
Wednesday 18 December – Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm) Sky Sports+ (Carabao Cup)
Saturday 21 December – Ipswich v Newcastle (3pm)
Thursday 26 December – Newcastle v Villa (3pm) Amazon
Monday 30 December – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 4 January – Tottenham v Newcastle (12.30pm) TNT Sports
Wednesday 15 January – Newcastle v Wolves (7.30pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 18 January – Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 25 January – Southampton v Newcastle (3pm)
