NEW DELHI: Newcastle United registered a crushing 4-1 house win over Brighton & Hove Albion. With this win, Newcastle took a large step in direction of clinching a top-four end within the Premier League on Thursday.
An personal objective by Deniz Undav and a Dan Burn header earlier than the interval put third-placed Newcastle in command.
However sixth-placed Brighton, themselves looking for to qualify for Europe for the primary time, pulled a objective again by Undav.
There have been loads of nerves round St James’ Park as Newcastle squandered possibilities and Brighton threatened an equaliser however late objectives by Callum Wilson and Bruno Guimaraes despatched the house followers house comfortable.
Yet one more win from their final two video games will assure Newcastle a spot within the Champions League for the primary time in 20 years. They’ve 69 factors above fourth-placed Manchester United, who’re on 66 with a recreation in hand. Liverpool have 65.
An personal objective by Deniz Undav and a Dan Burn header earlier than the interval put third-placed Newcastle in command.
However sixth-placed Brighton, themselves looking for to qualify for Europe for the primary time, pulled a objective again by Undav.
There have been loads of nerves round St James’ Park as Newcastle squandered possibilities and Brighton threatened an equaliser however late objectives by Callum Wilson and Bruno Guimaraes despatched the house followers house comfortable.
Yet one more win from their final two video games will assure Newcastle a spot within the Champions League for the primary time in 20 years. They’ve 69 factors above fourth-placed Manchester United, who’re on 66 with a recreation in hand. Liverpool have 65.
(With inputs from Reuters)
