Barnes’ double evokes Newcastle to emphatic win over Manchester United

Nobody knew if Eddie Howe was properly sufficient to look at his Newcastle gamers from the hospital mattress he has occupied since Friday night time however they in the end placed on the type of present he would have relished.

As England’s manger Thomas Tuchel took a seat within the administrators’ field, Tino Livramento pressed his worldwide claims with a wonderful recreation out of place at left again as targets from the equally excellent Sandro Tonali, Harvey Barnes (twice) and Bruno Guimarães lifted Newcastle to fourth within the desk. A Champions League place seems properly inside their grasp.

If Howe’s deputy, Jason Tindall, had motive to punch the air in delight on the closing whistle, his Manchester United counterpart Ruben Amorim appeared a strolling, speaking research in despair.

Solely two minutes into an extended awaited Premier League debut, Altay Bayindir discovered himself choosing the ball out of his web. Fortuitously for Manchester United’s Turkey goalkeeper, chosen forward of the dropped – or in response to Amorim, rested – André Onana, Joelinton was clearly offside as he turned Kieran Trippier’s cross house.

When Joshua Zirkzee subsequently turned slapdash and forfeited possession, Jacob Murphy very almost capitalised however after watching the winger’s shot fly fractionally vast, Amorim’s gamers regularly began getting their act collectively.

Because the guests confirmed they have been able to establishing, if not fairly sustaining, a slick, sharp passing rhythm, their 18-year debut-making left-wing again Harry Amass seemed encouragingly unfazed within the face of the streetwise attentions of Trippier and Fabian Schär.

It might have been a false daybreak however for some time the sting was drawn from Newcastle’s excessive depth opening. Certainly a very deft one-two involving Zirkzee and Bruno Fernandes concluded with Nick Pope tipping the previous’s shot over the crossbar.

Not that Amorim seemed precisely happy as he, incessantly, paced the edges of his technical space within the method of a hyperactive youngster fuelled by a sugar rush. The Manchester United supervisor’s physique language turned much more manic as Sandro Tonali volleyed Newcastle into the lead.

It started with Manuel Ugarte conceding possession and permitting Trippier to pick Alexander Isak. All that remained was for the Swede to swivel freed from his marker earlier than dinking a go for Tonali to volley previous Bayindir. The one comfort for the previous Fenerbahce goalkeeper was that there was nothing he may have executed about it.

The anxiousness etched on Amorim’s face each time Tonali acquired the ball and assumed management of central midfield mirrored the impression the Italy worldwide was exerting on the sport. Anybody devising an identikit of the whole midfielder may do worse than mannequin it on Tonali’s mix of string-pulling, tempo management and goal-scoring knack.

He almost scored a second however curled a 25-yard shot narrowly vast as Amorim shook his header with the bewilderment of a person who very presumably wonders why on earth he left Lisbon.

Not that his group have been fairly out of it. Or, considerably, the as soon as once more spectacular Fernandes was prepared to be eclipsed. By the use of proving that Manchester United are harmful at each ends, Alejandro Garnacho duly shot low, and left footed into the underside nook on the finish of a positive counterattack conjured by the immediately quick-thinking Ugarte and Diogo Dalot.

The rapidity of Garnacho’s acceleration appeared able to wrong-footing Newcastle and with half-time approaching, Pope was required to as soon as once more come to the rescue and deny him a second aim. If solely Amorim’s defence didn’t look fairly so susceptible to melting within the face of the slightest little bit of attacking warmth, his group may not be caught within the backside half of the desk.

They may do with a little bit of Newcastle’s effectivity at each ends, one thing emphasised as Harvey Barnes restored his facet’s lead. Though Anthony Gordon had recovered from a hip damage, Barnes retained his place on the left wing and helped justify that beginning function with a easy faucet in following Livramento’s counterattacking advance. With Dalot left trailing in Livramento’s rear-view mirror, the full-back crossed for Murphy to chop the ball again into Barnes’s path. Tuchel can hardly have didn’t be impressed.

A few minutes earlier Dalot thought he ought to have been awarded a penalty after a problem from Tonali within the space however neither the referee, Chris Kavanagh, or VAR have been shopping for it. If that did disappoint Amorim, his dismay deepened as first Zirkzee hobbled off with a hamstring damage after which Barnes scored once more. His first aim could have been routine however this was most undoubtedly not.

It started with the winger dispossessing Noussair Mazraoui and concerned him sprinting previous two extra defenders earlier than lashing an unstoppable shot past Bayindir’s attain. Perhaps Tuchel may do worse than provide Barnes an England cap.

Poor Bayindir was at fault for the fourth as, trying to play out from the again, he handed straight to Joelinton, whose ensuing header cued up Guimãraes to do the remaining as Manchester United slipped to 14th.

It is going to be intriguing to see who Amorim selects in aim for Thursday night time’s all essential Europa League engagement with Lyon.