Newcastle was rewarded for its incessant offensive initiatives on Saturday against a Manchester United team (1-0) without momentum or ideas, and doubled in the standings by the “Magpies” of scorer Anthony Gordon, fifth before the last matches of the weekend. end.
The “Red Devils” suffered their first defeat in a month of championship, which pushes them back to seventh place with 24 points, two less than Newcastle (5th, 26 pts) and Tottenham (6th, 26 pts), on the road Sunday on the Manchester City pitch. Brighton (8th, 22 pts) can also double them in the event of a victory on Sunday at Chelsea.
At Saint James' Park, Newcastle led the proceedings with flying colors, taking almost all the initiatives, and ended up scoring on their 17th shot of the game, the 4th on target. Manchester only had two attempts at that point.
Anthony Gordon took at the far post a cross from Kieran Trippier (55th, 1-0), earlier author of a superb free kick repelled by the crossbar of André Onana (39th). The 22-year-old winger has scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches. The Mancuniens only seemed to accelerate as the end of regulation time approached. Coming to the forefront, defender Harry Maguire even almost equalized, but his goal was disallowed for offside (89th).