A huge win for Eddie Howe on his 100th Premier League game in charge, as Newcastle United blew away Burnley in an empathci 4-0 victory at Turf Moor.
The hosts actually made a fast start, but were soon punished by a flurry of first half strikes from Callum Wilson, Sean Longstaff and Bruno Guimaraes, sending us into the break with a comfortable 3-0 lead. It got even better in the second 45, as Alexander Isak recovered from a rare penalty miss to score his 20th of the season to make it four.
A rare clean sheet on the road was ruined in the 86th as Dara O’Shea’s looping header gave Burnley a late goal, but it was nothing more than a consolation strike in a game we dominated after surviving some early pressure.
The result sees us move up to 6th, two clear of Man Utd – who travel to Crystal Palace on Monday – five in front of Chelsea – who take on West Ham tomorrow – and four behind a Spurs side who have two games in hand and Liverpool away on Sunday.
Eddie Howe brought Wilson back into the side for his first start since February, seeing us move to a 4-4-2 formation as he partnered Isak up top. As expected, Fabian Schar missed out, seeing Emil Krafth partner Dan Burn, but we were boosted by the return of Joelinton, Nick Pope and Miguel Almiron to the bench.
Much like last weekend’s 5-1 win over Sheffield United, we had two Mags to thank in the opening five minutes, as Dubravka’s early save was followed by a brilliant saving challenge from Burn.
We didn’t settle in the opening exchanges, were losing the ball too cheaply and had very little control of game Burnley dominated in the early stages, yet it was the Toon who took the lead just before the 20-minute mark. Longstaff’s pass found Murphy on the overlap and his low cross was almost turned home by Isak. Muric could only parry the Swede’s effort and Wilson was on hand to tap in the rebound, scoring once again against the Clarets to hand us a 1-0 lead against the run of play.
Harsh on the home…
Source link : https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2024/05/04/burnley-1-4-newcastle-mags-run-riot-in-much-needed-away-win/
Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-05-04 15:58:07
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.