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That’s it for today’s blog.

I’ll leave you with a freshly baked match report from St James ’Park. Goodnight!

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Full time: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester

Peep peep! Leicester consolidate second place with an emphatic victory at St James ’Park. The match was over in the th minute when Newcastle, already 2-0 down, suffer theirfourthinjury of the match. Newcastle’s grotesque misfortune is not Leicester’s problem, though, and they had already demonstrated their superiority before Newcastle went down to 12 men. Ayoze Perez scored against his old club, with James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury both getting on the scoresheet with brilliant long-range shots.

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GOAL! Newcastle 0-3 Leicester (Choudhury)

Hamza Choudhury, whose every touch has been booed, gets his first goal in senior football with a brilliant finish. Ndidi played the ball square to him, yards from goal, and he nonchalantly sidefooted an immaculate rising shot that beat Dubravka and flew in off the underside of the bar.

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min“Sounds like a bad day to have Kane and Vardy up front in Fantasy Football …” banters Matt Dony.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min Another change for Leicester. Wes Morgan on, Jonny Evans off.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ (minLeicester have had almost per cent of the possession in this half. That’s no great surprise, given their superiority and numerical advantage.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ min“In the other game, Kane just limped off with a hamstring,” says Joe Pearson. Spurs are still losing 1-0 to Southampton.

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There’s more soccer to come

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Almiron tries a dummy on his own byline, gets himself in a tangle and knocks the ball behind for a corner. Happily for his self-esteem levels, nothing comes of it.

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Gray miskicks eight yards from goal after a precise cutback from Tielemans. I think Perez got in his way.

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Newcastle would certainly take a 2-0 defeat. It’s easy to be critical but they have had grotesque luck with injuries in the last few weeks.

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Perez is flagged offside after being put through on goal by Ricardo. He tries a cocky chip that drifts just wide of the far post – but replays show he was probably onside, so had he scored it would have counted. (********************************************************************************************************************** (**************************************(********************************************************************************************************************** (***************************************************(****************************************************** (******************************************************(******************************************************************************************************************(******************************************************** Ayoze Perez shoots just wide. Photograph: Nigel Roddis / Getty Images (**********************************************

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (minDemarai Gray replaces Kelechi Iheanacho for Leicester.

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Most teams in Leicester’s position would declare at 2 -0. But they are a ruthless bunch, as Southampton found out earlier in the season, and they look hungry for more.

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Dubravka makes a vital double save from Iheanacho and Perez at the end of a superb Leicester counter-attack.

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Tielemans is booked for a foul on Fernandez. Moments later, Joelinton mishits a shot from the edge of the area after a cutback from Muto. That was a decent opportunity, but he looks so low on confidence.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min Another vicious left -footed drive from Maddison, this time from (yards, is well held by the leaping Dubravka.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** minMaddison cracks a free-kick wide from the edge of the box.

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“Happy New Year, Rob, and here’s to Newcastle 0-5 Leicester, ”says Charles Antaki. “Not because I have any especial fondness for the one or animus against the other, but because Arsenal sit below Newcastle United for the first time in (I could look it up, but it’s probablyyears), and this might help. Arsenal fans are now used to looking for any small comfort – petty, mean-minded and self-centered as it might be. Also a portent of what 2309 will bring in society more generally, I fear. ”

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** minSchar is leaving the field.Newcastle are down to 13 men, having suffered four injuries in the first 46 minutes. Happy new year.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) Schar is having his hamstring strapped on the sideline, with a view to carrying on, but if it’s a hamstring injury he surely won’t last long.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** minNow it looks like Fabian Schar has pulled a hamstring! This is astonishing. Newcastle could be down to 12 men for the rest of the game.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (min) Newcastle begin the second half. They’ve made a third enforced change at half-time, with Sean Longstaff on for the injured Jonjo Shelvey.

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Half time: Newcastle 0-2 Leicester

Peep peep! Leicester have been too good for injury-hit Newcastle, although both goals came from sad errors by Florian Lejeune. Ayoze Perez’s opener was good; James Maddison’s second was spectacular.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 3 minAnotherInjury for Newcastle: Emil Krafth is on for Javier Manquillo.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 1 minLeicester have been rampant since they scored the first goal, and Newcastle could do with a half-time break.

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