mins: Yedlin is booked for, er, something that happened at some point. The “foul” shown by Amazon to illustrate his booking couldn’t possibly have actually been the cause of it.
Chance for Pogba! Mata plays a lovely pass infield from the left wing, and Pogba attempts a difficult first-time left-foot finish as the ball bounces across him and gets nothing on it at all.
mins: Man Utd pass the ball about. Newcastle don’t do much to stop them, and the home side don’t seem that bothered about moving it into dangerous areas.
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins: Newcastle do a thing! Sean Longstaff nutmegs Fred and then blasts a – – yarder over the bar.
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Further substitutional news: DeAndre Yedlin replaces Almiron for Newcastle, and Jesse Lingard replaces Rashford for Man Utd.
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins: Martial tries to beat Dubravka at his near post again, with a low 22 – yarder. This time the post itself gets in the way!
****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Gayle goes off having missed his only decent chance, and Atsu comes on.
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Rashford is played through. The linesman raises his flag but the referee allows the move to progress. Rashford teases Dubravka for a while, takes his time, waits until the goal is genuinely gaping and then misses it completely. Replays confirm it was indeed offside.
********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Schar is back on, and celebrates by thumping a shot well over the goal from way out.
********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:It looks like Martial accidentally trod on Schar’s hand as he tried to get to the ball there. The Newcastle defender is bleeding, and in some discomfort. He gets some treatment on the pitch, and then leaves it for a bit more.
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ mins:Pereira tries to play in Martial, rather than the unmarked Greenwood to his right, and Schar covers the Frenchman’s run and cuts out the ball. Newcastle are in danger of letting this get embarrassing.
Another Christmas present from Newcastle! Sean Longstaff spins on the ball, just inside his own half, and plays a delightful if unintentional pass to Martial, who runs clear, looks to have given Dubravka a chance with a poor touch but catches up with the ball in time to dink it over the keeper!
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Ooof! The ball rolls to Pogba, 32 yards from goal, and he hits a first -time shot that sets off in the right direction but then curls away.
**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Manchester Unitedappear in full control now. They continue to massively dominate possession, though with this team that isn’t necessarily a positive, while Newcastle struggle to string two passes together.
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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** mins:Peeeeep! The second half is happening.
The players come back out, and Pogba will indeed replace McTominay. (****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Paul Pogba is warming upand presumably coming on at the break. You’d expect McTominay to be the one to make way, given that he was booked after 21 seconds and has repeatedly flirted with disciplinary disaster.
********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 3 mins:Peeeeep! A game that appeared to be following Newcastle’s script for the first half-a-half turned rapidly in the other direction in the second half-a-half. Martial’s shot shouldn’t really have gone in, but Greenwood’s was irresistible if deflection-assisted, the third was all about Wan-Bissaka’s excellent delivery, and the home side are now in control.
************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 2 mins: Joelinton has a shot from wide on the left, which De Gea saves easily.
********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (mins:) Martial spins on the halfway line. To his right two red shirts are moving, and for a while unmarked. But instead of passing to either of them, he runs forward, gets into the penalty area and falls over. The referee is unimpressed.
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