St James’ Park Stadium – Manchester United’s rosy recent run on the road ended as Anthony Gordon gave Newcastle victory on an ice-cold Saturday evening at St James’ Park in the Premier League.
Newcastle took all three points from their encounter with Manchester United after putting in a turbo-charged performance that belied their myriad of injury problems. In contrast, it was a poor display from Erik ten Hag’s visitors, who struggled to impose themselves or create many real chances of note. Anthony Gordon’s second-half tap-in proved the difference.
Anthony Gordon scored the winner for a dominant Newcastle United as they celebrated back-to-back league wins over Manchester United for the first time in 53 years.
Eddie Howe’s side secured a merited three points when Gordon swept home the clincher from Kieran Trippier’s low cross on 55 minutes as the home side moved above Tottenham on goal difference and into fifth spot in the Premier League table.
Having won 2-0 in April, it was the first time Newcastle have claimed victories in consecutive league games against the visitors since October 1972.
It was also an historic third win in all competitions against Manchester United for the first time since 1922.
Erik ten Hag’s team produced a poor performance and were fortunate to escape St James’ Park losing only 1-0, with Trippier seeing a free-kick crash back of the underside of the bar in the first half.
The key negative for an injury-plagued Newcastle squad was the sight of goalkeeper Nick Pope being helped off late on after appearing to damage his shoulder in diving across his goal.
The visitors did have a late goal disallowed when Harry Maguire was clearly in an offside position as he deflected substitute Antony’s effort into the home net, but in truth deserved nothing from the match.
Yet Maguire and Luke Shaw were arguably the key bright spots for United, who remain seventh in the table with 24 points from 14 games, on an otherwise forgettable evening with assured displays at the heart of their defence.
