There was an unlikely hero at St James’ Park.
William Osula scored a shocking Ninetieth-minute winner as 10-man Newcastle United claimed a dramatic 2-1 victory to finish Manchester United‘s unbeaten run underneath Michael Carrick.
Carrick had seen his facet go seven video games unbeaten since taking cost in January, and United in a wonderful place to increase that run when Jacob Ramsey was controversially despatched off late within the first half.
However moments after his dismissal, Newcastle took the lead as Anthony Gordon transformed a penalty he received from Bruno Fernandes.
United responded swiftly as Casemiro levelled issues with a header deep in first-half stoppage time, but a facet whose unbeaten run had catapulted them to 3rd within the Premier League table did not kick on from there within the second half.
Although they had been pissed off by a pair of very good Aaron Ramsdale saves, United by no means really stretched a depleted Newcastle, and Osula was the unlikely Magpies hero who made certain they paid the value.
The Dane collected a go down the best wing from Kieran Trippier and launched into a lung-busting particular person run, however he nonetheless had the reserves of power to chop in and compose himself, discovering the online with a wondrous curling effort that bent past a stricken Senne Lammens and into the far nook.
Newcastle’s win ends a run of three straight league defeats at St James’ Park that had elevated the presssure on Eddie Howe. United, in the meantime, miss the prospect to cement their grip on third on an evening the place Chelsea pulled inside three factors of the Pink Devils with a 4-1 win at slumping Aston Villa.
Ramsey despatched off in frantic first-half finale
Newcastle made a particularly shiny begin, and so they virtually took the lead in unconventional vogue as Trippier’s lofted cross struck the submit, with Lewis Corridor firing over on the follow-up.
Anthony Elanga volleyed broad earlier than Harvey Barnes and Sandro Tonali threatened the United objective with formidable efforts as Newcastle tried 5 photographs within the first 20 minutes of a high-octane opening.
Carrick’s facet grew into the sport late within the first half, Kobbie Mainoo and Matheus Cunha drawing saves from Ramsdale, promoted to the beginning XI forward of Nick Pope after his error towards Everton, with Bryan Mbeumo blazing horribly over the bar after the rebound from the latter effort deflected into his path.
It regarded as if United’s activity was set to get a lot simpler after Ramsey was proven a second yellow, referee Peter Bankes deeming he had deliberately dived in an effort to win a penalty as he went over underneath a problem from Lammens as Gordon tried to slide him via on objective.
But Bankes did level to the spot moments later as Fernandes clipped Gordon’s knee, and Newcastle’s false 9 made no mistake with a penalty straight down the center.
Bankes would turn into the villain of the piece within the ninth further minute of the primary half as United received a contentious free-kick on the best wing, from which Fernandes discovered Casemiro on the close to submit and the Brazilian headed past Ramsdale.
Osula Newcastle’s unlikely hero
United struggled to make their additional participant rely for a lot of the second half, and Gordon practically restored Newcastle’s lead from a intelligent set-piece routine, however he might solely skew broad on the stretch.
The Pink Devils did finally begin to take management, although, with Ramsdale compelled right into a positive save to maintain out a Lenny Yoro header.
Manuel Ugarte then went shut with a looping header, and the ever-influential Bruno Fernandes bent broad from lengthy vary as United turned up the stress.
Joshua Zirkzee practically landed a spectacular telling blow as his formidable drive was stunningly saved out by a diving Ramsdale, however it was Osula who settled an absorbing encounter in unbelievable vogue as the most important objective of his profession despatched St James’ Park into raptures.
