History suggests a heavy defeat is no guarantee of relegation from EPL

Sheffield United suffered one of the heaviest defeats in Premier League history when they were beaten 8-0 by Newcastle United at Bramall Lane on Sunday.

Although the Blades are still yet to win since their return to the top flight, the nature of the defeat still came as a surprise given all four of their previous losses this term had been by just a single goal.

Many fans opted to head home long before Alexander Isak became the eighth different Newcastle player to find the net in the 87th minute, and others could no longer bear to watch.

But even though the result leaves Paul Heckingbottom's side rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, history suggests that they might not be doomed to relegation.

Here, Mail Sport takes a look at how the teams who ended up on the wrong end of the 10 biggest Premier League defeats responded to high-profile matches to forget.

Newcastle matched their biggest-ever Premier League win at Bramall Lane, with their previous 8-0 win coming against Sheffield United's city rivals.

Sheffield Wednesday were put to the sword at James' Park, with Alan Shearer scoring five goals in what was Bobby Robson's first home game as Newcastle manager.

Danny Wilson's side conceded four times in both halves in the north-east, leaving them rock-bottom of the Premier League table having collected just one point from their first eight games.

Wilson was not relieved of his duties until March 2000 despite winning just five of the next 21 league matches.

Wednesday were not able to stave off relegation under caretaker boss Peter Shreeves, eventually finishing 19th in the league table.

Chelsea wrapped up the Premier League title in style on the final day of the 2009-10 season, but it was a day to forget for Wigan Athletic.