Newcastle United host Manchester United in the Premier League with the aim of securing a place in the top five.
But the hosts will be without manager Eddie Howe on the touchline after he was taken to hospital on Friday, with his assistant Jason Tindall taking charge. The Magpies ended a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy earlier in the season when they beat Liverpool to win the Carabao Cup and can cap off a spectacular year by claiming a spot in the Champions League. Wins for Manchester City and Aston Villa yesterday means the Magpies have dropped to seventh before kick-off.
Manchester United, meanwhile, have their sights set on the Europa League quarter-final second leg against Lyon next week, with goalkeeper Andre Onana left out of Ruben Amorim’s squad to clear his head after his costly mistakes in France on Thursday night. Onana is still expected to be recalled for Thursday’s second leg with Lyon but his deputy Altay Bayindir is set to make his belated Premier League debut at St James’ Park.
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HALF-TIME! Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
HALF-TIME! Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
It’s all square at the interval.
Newcastle looked to be cruising after they took the lead through a brilliantly-worked Sandro Tonali goal, but were struck on the counter as Alejandro Garnacho produced a tidy finish to equaliser.
All to play for after the restart.
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
45+2 mins: Long throw from Dalot, easily claimed by Pope.
That should be the break.
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
45 mins: SAVE! Garnacho receives the ball in space inside the box and bends an effort towards the far corner.
A routine stop from Pope but one that had to be made.
TWO minutes of added time to come.
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
43 mins: Newcastle are struggling to get this corner in due to a tussle between Fabian Schar his much junior Harry Amass.
They eventually deliver it and a Newcastle head does connect at the back post, but it flies well over.
Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
40 mins: Harry Amass gets sandwiched by two Newcastle bodies and is in a bit of discomfort.
He looks ok and after a moment is back up to his feet. Welcome to the men’s game.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Manchester United
37 mins: GOAL! They say it only takes one – and just like that, Man United are level!
Dalot leads a devastating counter before slipping in Garnacho, who produces a tidy finish to equalise against the run of play.
Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United
35 mins: United are hanging on at the moment.
Isak gets onto the loose ball and jabs it beyond Bayindir before trying to dink it in from the tight angle – it floats excruciatingly across the face of goal before going being twitched out of play by Lindelof.
Barnes then heads over from a dangerous position moments later.
Under the cosh.
Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United
34 mins: SAVE! Great stop by Bayindir!
Newcastle try to overrun United on the left before it getting one into the middle.
Bayindir claws it away initially before Isak connects on the volley – the Turkey keeper gets across to make an important block.
Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United
31 mins: Dalot drives forward and plays it into the path of Garnacho, who doesn’t have many red shirts in the middle.
He nearly finds Fernandes on the pull-back but the Portuguese can only get a toe to it and the ball runs away from him.