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Tonali wondergoal sealed three points for the Magpies
Newcastle United's Sandro Tonali (left) celebrates scoring their side's second goal of the game during the Premier League match at St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, April 2, 2025

Newcastle 2-1 Brentford
by Roger Domeneghetti
at St James Park

NEWCASTLE made heavy weather of their first day back at the office since their cup-winning heroics.

A Sandro Tonali wondergoal sealed three important points for a team with Champions League aspirations, but at times they looked like they were nursing a collective hangover; all sore heads and bleary eyes.

The XI that started the historic League Cup final some two-and-a-half weeks ago, started this game. The team essentially picking itself, after all, why fix something that isn’t broken?

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