Newcastle United hosted Brentford today in a 3pm kick-off at St James’ Park.
Eddie Howe named an unchanged starting eleven following their win last week against Fulham.
Newcastle controlled position from the kick-off and a resurgent Miggy Almiron picked up where he left off last week, cutting inside from the wing and firing a curling effort from outside the box towards the top corner only for David Raya to pull off a superb save tipping the ball around the post.
Despite the good start from Newcastle, it was the Bees who broke the deadlock when Bryan Mbeumo was played in and slotted the ball beyond Nick Pope. Fortunately, their celebrations were short-lived after VAR ruled that Ivan Toney was in an offside position and interfering with play as the ball was played in. Brentford fans will definitely feel aggrieved, but it was the correct call.
Following that disallowed goal it was all Newcastle again which lead to Newcastle’s first goal on 21 minutes. Another extremely well-worked set-piece, the third of the game so far, pays off this time as Almiron plays a corner down the line to Trippier who fires in a deep cross towards the back stick for a completely unmarked Bruno Guimaraes to nod home.
The lead was doubled seven minutes later as Raya gives the ball to a grateful Wilson draws several players, including the ‘keeper towards him in the box and is able to square the ball to Jacob Murphy who had an open goal in front of him and made no mistake. Given his performance last week and today there was arguably nobody who deserved a goal more than Murphy.
The Magpies continued to control the game until the half-time whistle, going in at the break with a two-goal cushion.
Who Is Your MOTM Against Brentford?
Bruno Guimaraes
Jacob Murphy
Miguel Almiron
Kieran Trippier
Other
Newcastle came out for the second half looking a lot less confident in themselves allowing Brentford back into the match. A lot of pressure from the Bees led to a questionable penalty being awarded for the visitors as Dan Burn was adjudged to have played the ball with his arm despite the ball being behind him and Burn being mid-fall.
Ivan Toney stepped up and calmly placed the spot kick beyond Pope, registering his second goal at St James’ Park in as many visits.
Once again, the Brentford celebrations were short-lived as 3 minutes later, Bruno Guimaraes strode forward from halfway and fired a fizzing shot from 20 yards into the bottom corner restoring Newcastle’s two goal lead. An absolutely superb finish from Bruno who is back to his best following his injury.
Joelinton replaced Jacob Murphy on 66 minutes to mark his return after missing out last week. Then on 78 minutes Allan Saint-Maximin made his return replacing Bruno Guimaraes who picked up a knock in the centre of the park.
Newcastle added to their lead on 82 minutes as in-form Miguel Almiron pounced on a poor backpass and rounded the keeper to slot home for his third goal in two games and his fourth of the season.
Newcastle weren’t done, however, as Joelinton fired in a cross towards Chris Wood, who replaced Callum Wilson on 84 minutes only for Ethan Pinnock to slice the ball into his own net to make it 5-1 to the Magpies. A perfect ending to a week of celebrations on Tyneside and a true mark that we are back on the rise. Nine goals in two games. You can’t ask for much more than that.
IT'S FIIIIIIIVEEEEE!!!!
It's probably an own goal – but we're giving it to J7! 😍🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/ETCQ3Clf0J
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) October 8, 2022
I think now we can confidently say that last week’s result wasn’t just because we played against 10-men for the majority of the game. Eddie Howe’s attacking Mags are back!
****Vital Newcastle are looking to recruit a new writer for the site. If you are a fan of the club and can commit to writing 3—5 articles at least 4 days per week then we would love to hear from you. Mail paddy@snack-media.com for more information****