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7¹	An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of NETO by GRIEZMANN.
9¹	GOAL!! A terrible backpass by MIRANDA enabled GRIEZMANN to nip in and slip the ball past NETO. (1-0 Newcastle United)
19¹	A cross from TRAORÉ left ABEL RUIZ in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
23¹	A great effort from SALAH scraped the outside of the righthand post.
23¹	SALAH brought the ball round MIRANDA and stroked a tame shot well wide.
24¹	A lovely pass from JUTGLÀ was shot goalbound by ABEL RUIZ only for ALISSON to palm clear.
25¹	A shot from TRAORÉ was smothered by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
35¹	GRIEZMANN drove a looping shot wide from just outside the area.
38¹	GOAL!! The Barcelona 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from ELUSTONDO and GRIEZMANN was able to scramble the ball home. (2-0 Newcastle United)
47¹	A shot from GRIEZMANN was nodded off the line by MANDI.
7²	A right foot shot from MALCOM was forced wide by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
8²	A pin-point pass fell to HERNÁNDEZ and his left foot shot raced narrowly over.
12²	A twenty-five yard shot from ABEL RUIZ caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
15²	HERNÁNDEZ was put clear by JOÃO MÁRIO and he raced past NETO but struck his shot wide.
17²	KAIO fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
20²	GOAL!! As JUTGLÀ was trying to hold back FODEN the ball dropped to GRIEZMANN who nudged the ball in off the post. (3-0 Newcastle United)
33²	A weak strike from HERNÁNDEZ bounced agonisingly wide.
35²	JOELINTON's header was well saved by NETO.
42²	ELUSTONDO's shot was well held by ALISSON.
43²	LONGSTAFF shot wide.
44²	JUTGLÀ hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
46²	GOAL!! A deep corner left ALISSON struggling and ALEÑA stabbed the ball over the line. (3-1 Newcastle United)

Newcastle United

League position:

Home league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-3-3

Line-ups

ALISSON Ramses	7	1	6½	NETO^(c)
JOÃO MÁRIO Neto	8½	2	6½	Óscar MINGUEZA
Lucas HERNÁNDEZ	7	3	6	Juan MIRANDA
Marc GUEHI	8	4	6	Carles ALEÑA
PAU Francisco TORRES	8	5	6	Aritz ELUSTONDO
^(c)BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez	7	6	6	Aïssa MANDI
Sean LONGSTAFF	8	7	6	Adama TRAORÉ
JOELINTON Cassio	7	8	5½	MALCOM Filipe
^(p,f)Antoine GRIEZMANN	8	9	6	ABEL RUIZ Ortega^(p)
Mohamed SALAH	7½	10	5½	Ferran JUTGLÀ^(f)
Phil FODEN	7	11	5½	KAIO Jorge
Lee Sharples	Manager
Alexander ISAK		12		PACO ALCÁCER
Nick POPE		13		Jasper CILLESSEN
Jarrod BOWEN		14		Tariq LAMPTEY
Anthony GORDON		15		Martin BRAITHWAITE
Fabian SCHÄR		16		CHUMI

Barcelona

League position:

Away league form:

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Overall league form:

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Formation:

4-3-3

Statistics

Newcastle United 3 Barcelona 1

(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 67,950, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Bo Karlsson 6)

Griezmann 9¹, Griezmann 38¹, Griezmann 20²

Scorers

Substitutions

Sent off

Bookings

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Aleña 46²

64%

36%

¶ Man of the match: João Mário Neto ¶