Harvey Barnes struck twice as Newcastle thrashed troubled Manchester United 4-1 to climb into fourth place within the Premier League on Sunday. Newcastle had been with out supervisor Eddie Howe, who was admitted to hospital on Friday after feeling unwell for a number of days. But Barnes offered a welcome tonic for Howe as his second-half brace at St James’ Park boosted Newcastle’s bid to qualify for the Champions League. With Howe’s assistants Jason Tindall and Graeme Jones in command of the League Cup winners, Sandro Tonali put Newcastle forward earlier than Alejandro Garnacho equalised late within the first half.
Barnes stole the highlight after the interval, changing into the primary Newcastle participant to attain twice in a single league sport in opposition to United since Alan Shearer in 2000.
Bruno Guimaraes punished a blunder from United keeper Altay Bayindir, who began instead of the dropped Andre Onana, to seal Newcastle’s first four-goal haul in opposition to United since 2001.
In the race to succeed in the Champions League by way of a high 5 end, Newcastle are only one level behind third-placed Nottingham Forest.
They have a sport in hand on Forest, in addition to fifth-placed Manchester City and sixth-placed Chelsea, who’re two factors adrift of the Magpies.
United have now gone 4 video games with no win in all competitions, leaving them languishing in 14th place with simply six video games left to keep away from their lowest end since 1973-74, once they got here twenty first and had been relegated.
They are already sure to endure their worst factors complete within the Premier League period, with the earlier low 58 in 2021-22.
Ruben Amorim made 5 adjustments with a watch on Lyon’s go to to Old Trafford for the Europa League quarter-final, second leg subsequent Thursday, however United had been blown away with embarrassing ease.
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Bayindir had changed Onana after the Cameroon keeper’s newest error-strewn show in United’s 2-2 draw at Lyon final Thursday.
But the 26-year-old, signed from Fenerbahce in 2023, endured a woeful first Premier League begin.
Newcastle’s opening objective arrived on the climax of a flowing transfer after United midfielder Manuel Ugarte gave the ball manner within the twenty fourth minute.
Kieran Trippier surged ahead and located Alexander Isak, who astutely lifted his go over the defence for Tonali to drive a scientific end into the far nook from an acute angle 10 yards out.
It was the nineteenth time United had conceded the opening objective in a league sport this season — their joint-most in a single marketing campaign within the competitors.
With United out of sync as soon as once more, Tonali nearly doubled the lead because the Italy midfielder curled simply extensive from distance.
Bayindir appeared nervous when he punched Tino Livramento’s cross straight to Isak, however he redeemed himself with a great save from the Swede’s volley.
United equalised fully in opposition to the run of play within the thirty seventh minute.
Diogo Dalot was the catalyst with a buccaneering burst that carried him to the sting of the Newcastle space, the place he slipped a exact go to Garnacho and the Argentine winger fired previous Nick Pope.
Having scored for simply the second time in 2025, Garnacho went shut to a different when Pope palmed away his blast on the stroke of half-time.
But Newcastle regained the lead 4 minutes after half-time as United’s leaky defence was breached once more.
Livramento’s low cross was alertly stored in by Murphy past the far submit and his go into the six-yard field discovered Barnes unmarked for a scientific end.
Zirkzee limped off so as to add to United’s struggles after crumpling to the turf with an obvious hamstring damage.
United had been in disarray and Barnes delivered the knockout blow within the sixty fourth minute, dispossessing Noussair Mazraoui and racing clear to drill a fierce strike previous Bayindir.
In the 77th minute, Bayindir’s wayward go went straight to Joelinton, who nodded the ball onto Guimaraes for a composed end that rubbed salt into United’s gaping wounds.
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