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3¹ A wonderful save prevented GORDON from scoring a great goal. 4¹ ARMANI saved a clever strike from GORDON. 7¹ The Newcastle United 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Independiente's MEZA. 8¹ SIMEONE shot over. 16¹ PALMER made space on the left and knocked the ball to MARMOUSH who touched the ball wide. 18¹ MERCADO booked by the ref. 22¹ GITTENS brought the ball away from FRANCO and stabbed a tame shot well wide. 26¹ The referee books CERVI. 29¹ GOAL!! A great ball from MERCADO left BUENDIA in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to SIMEONE to score. (1-0 Independiente) 29¹ KULUSEVSKI beat KANNEMANN and hit the ball to MARMOUSH who toe-poked his shot wide. 30¹ Uncertainty in the Newcastle United defence enabled MERCADO to hammer the ball just beyond the near post. 45¹ GORDON rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 0² A lovely cross from GORDON was slammed goalbound by MARMOUSH only for ARMANI to palm clear. 1² MARMOUSH fluffed a simple chance. 5² The 'keeper saved a curling shot from CERVI. 7² GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled PEZZELLA to force the ball into the empty net. (2-0 Independiente) 16² A thirty yard shot from GITTENS caused the 'keeper no problem. 20² SIMEONE booked for a bad tackle. 21² The 'keeper was able to claw away a weak header from MARMOUSH. 24² GOAL!! A terrible backpass by MERCADO enabled KULUSEVSKI to nip in and nudge the ball past ARMANI. (2-1 Independiente) 32² PALMER fired a looping shot just wide from long range. 34² MARMOUSH booked by the referee for a clumsy foul. 41² The motionless PICKFORD could only watch as a backpass from GORETZKA dropped just over. 44² A good ball from GUEHI on the left fell to GORDON who sliced his shot just beyond the near post. 45² A good effort from GORDON scraped the woodwork. 47² A free-kick from PAREDES raced over.

Newcastle United   League position: 10 Home league form: OWW- Overall league form: OLWLW--- Formation: 3-5-2

Line-ups Jordan PICKFORD 7  1 6½ Franco ARMANI(c) Jeremie FRIMPONG 7  2 6½ Gabriel MERCADO Mickey VAN DE VEN 7½ 3 6½ Walter KANNEMANN (c)Marc GUEHI 7  4 8  Leandro PAREDES Leon GORETZKA 7  5 7½ Germán PEZZELLA JOELINTON Cassio 6½ 6 6½ Alan FRANCO Dejan KULUSEVSKI 7½ 7 7½ Emiliano BUENDIA Jamie GITTENS 7  8 7  Maximiliano MEZA Anthony GORDON 7½ 9 6  Giovanni SIMEONE(p) Cole PALMER 6½ 10 7½ ALEIX García(f) (p,f)Omar MARMOUSH 6½ 11 5½ Franco CERVI Charlie Pulling Manager Ben WHITE 7½ 12    Erik LAMELA Bart VERBRUGGEN    13    Roberto PEREYRA Noni MADUEKE    14    Marco HÖGER Morgan GIBBS-WHITE    15    Emmanuel MAMMANA Mikey MOORE    16 7  Santiago SIMÓN

Independiente   League position: 22 Away league form: LL-- Overall league form: LLXLL--- Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Newcastle United 1 Independiente 2 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 54,032, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Andrej Santic 8) Kulusevski 24² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Simeone 29¹, Pezzella 7² JoelintonóWhite 25² MezaóSimón 2²     Marmoush 34² Mercado 18¹, Cervi 26¹, Simeone 20² 4 6 7 7 15 5 7 4 7 4 14 8 5 2 45% 55% ¶ Man of the match: Leandro Paredes ¶