Barnes settles Premier League traditional

Harvey Barnes scored a 102nd-minute winner as Newcastle United got here from behind thrice to beat Leeds United 4-3 in a Premier League traditional at St James’ Park.

On the day it was introduced that former Newcastle supervisor Kevin Keegan has been recognized with most cancers, the Magpies prevailed in a sport harking back to the legendary ‘Entertainers’ he oversaw within the Nineteen Nineties. Keegan’s title was sung all through on an emotional evening.

In-form Leeds contributed massively to a outstanding spectacle on Tyneside and appeared as if they’d take all three factors when Brendon Aaronson’s second objective gave them a 3-2 lead within the 79th minute.

Aaronson had earlier opened the scoring to punish a sloppy a Newcastle begin, with a massively contentious Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty restoring their benefit on the stroke of half-time after Barnes had swiftly equalised. Joelinton’s deft header made it 2-2 9 minutes into the second half.

But Aaronson contributed to Leeds’ downfall, along with his handball permitting Bruno Guimaraes to degree issues up for a 3rd time from the penalty spot within the 91st minute.

That may have been the final act in most video games, however accidents throughout the 10 minutes of stoppage time offered ample time for both facet to discover a winner.

It was Newcastle who did so, with Barnes taking benefit by firing in on the flip after Leeds did not cope with a last-ditch ball into the field from Guimaraes, his objective the most recent winner on document within the Premier League.

Newcastle transfer as much as sixth within the desk, with the Magpies simply two factors exterior the highest 4. Leeds keep eight factors away from the underside three.

Thiaw pays controversial penalty

Leeds began very brightly, with Pascal Struijk responsible of losing two wonderful possibilities, whereas Barnes was denied by Lucas Perri on the different finish.

The often composed Malick Thiaw struggled within the first half, and it was his slip that allowed Calvert-Lewin to play in Aaronson to open the scoring with an unerring strike into the bottom-left nook.

Newcastle’s response was fast, with wonderful hold-up play from Nick Woltemade seeing the German lay the ball off for Barnes to revive parity with a cool end.

Anthony Gordon then hit the put up as his free-kick supply evaded everybody, with the stranded Perri saved by the woodwork, which might come to his rescue a number of instances.

Luck was firmly on Leeds’ facet in first-half stoppage time as Michael Salisbury pointed to the spot after the ball bounced off Thiaw’s arm as he got here below stress from Calvert-Lewin. VAR upheld the choice regardless of the handball showing to be a results of Thiaw dropping his stability.

Calvert-Lewin continued his beautiful run of kind with a composed penalty, with boos geared toward Salisbury ringing spherical St James’ Park at half-time.

Barnes brace seals memorable Newcastle win

In response, Howe introduced on Tino Livramento for Sandro Tonali to begin the second half and ended Thiaw’s uncommon off evening by changing him with Sven Botman.

These boos quickly turned to cheers after Joelinton well turned residence Guimaraes’ intelligent cross, with Fabian Schar, who was later taken off on a stretcher, then hitting the put up earlier than Woltemade’s follow-up was saved by Perri.

For all their attacking risk, Newcastle nonetheless struggled to manage the sport and have been lucky to see James Justin’s header hit the crossbar.

However there was no reprieve after Yoane Wissa carelessly misplaced possession inside his personal, Aaronson surging down the correct channel and capturing in off the left-hand put up to stun the house followers as soon as extra.