Newcastle 4-0 Leicester
by Roger Domeneghetti
at St. James' Park

NEWCASTLE posted their first win in five games at the weekend, blowing away a shell-shocked Leicester with an utterly dominant second-half performance.

To be fair, they were also comfortably on top in the first half, going into the break one goal to the good. The opener came courtesy of Jacob Murphy’s rasping drive from the edge of the area, following a well-worked move on the right between Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon.

It was no more than Newcastle deserved. Although Leicester had been sharp in the tackle, hassling and harrying their hosts, they had been loose in the pass, the few promising moves they had often breaking down before the final third.