Nick Woltemade answered Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s “fool” jibe in excellent type as he scored for the third time in 4 video games as Newcastle cruised to a 4-0 victory at Union Saint-Gilloise.
The 23-year-old, whose membership file £69m switch price was closely criticised by the government within the run-up to the sport, scored with a intelligent Seventeenth-minute flick which went in off defender Kevin Mac Allister because the Magpies secured their largest win within the competitors’s group section.
Nick Woltemade scored within the Seventeenth minute (Peter Lous/PA)
’s penalty double both aspect of half-time and Harvey ’ late strike secured the factors at Lotto Park on an evening when and Anthony Elanga shone in a primary away win within the competitors since Sir Bobby Robson’s aspect beat 3-1 in February 2003.
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Victory earned the Magpies’ first factors of the competitors after their opening defeat to Barcelona.
Newcastle began brightly and Joelinton skied a hurried try over after keeper Kjell Scherpen had punched Tonali’s first-time cross to the sting of his penalty space, and the worldwide was instrumental in breaking the impasse with 17 minutes gone.
Elanga’s cross was cleared by defender Mac Allister and as Tonali fired in direction of purpose, Woltemade flicked the ball on to the identical man and previous the wrong-footed Scherpen.
Gordon stabbed extensive from a good angle after operating on to a different Elanga cross 4 minutes later, with Eddie Howe’s males threatening to take the sport by the scruff of the neck, though needed to save twice in fast succession from Adem Zorgane.
Anthony Gordon scored two penalties (Peter Lous/PA)
Joelinton headed simply extensive from Kieran Trippier’s Twenty ninth-minute cross whereas former Portsmouth defender Christian Burgess’ determined sliding problem prevented Gordon from changing one more Elanga cross with eight minutes of the primary half remaining.
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The previous winger was inflicting defender Fedde Leysen all types of issues and he did so once more when he lured him right into a rash problem, which left referee Urs Schnyder with little possibility aside from to award a Forty third-minute penalty, which Gordon dispatched with aplomb.
Anouar Ait El Hadj lifted a shot over the angle of bar and put up because the half drew to an in depth and the Magpies went in with a valuable – and deserved – two-goal benefit.
It may need been three inside two minutes of the restart when, after Woltemade’s fast toes on midway sparked a fluent assault, Joelinton slid the ball in to Elanga, whose well-struck shot was saved by Scherpen at his close to put up.
Nevertheless, the lead may also have been lowered with Anan Khalaili firing simply extensive after getting in behind after which Pope saving from Ousseynou Niang and Zorgane as the house aspect turned the screw.
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However any momentum was shattered with 64 minutes gone when, after being suggested to go to the pitchside monitor, the referee awarded the guests a second penalty for handball in opposition to Leysen, and Gordon, whose cross he had blocked, picked the identical spot from 12 yards to make it 3-0.
Mathias Rasmussen and Sofiane Boufal each examined Pope as time ran down, nevertheless it was fellow substitutes Will Osula and Barnes who had the ultimate say after they mixed for the midfielder to attain with 10 minutes left.