Sheffield Utd 0-8 Newcastle: Player ratings as Magpies thrash Blades in joint club-record Premier League win
Newcastle United recorded their joint-biggest win in Premier League history on Sunday, thumping a truly woeful Sheffield United side 8-0 at Bramall Lane.
Eight different goalscorers got in on the action for Newcastle in a brilliant day for the club and a bloody awful one for the Blades.
After a rather tepid start to the game, during which Harvey Barnes was subbed off with an injury, Newcastle took the lead in controversial circumstances on the 20th minute mark.
The goal came from Sean Longstaff, who swept home a cross from Barnes' replacement Anthony Gordon, and the controversy was provided by Gordon in the lead up to crossing the ball. After controlling on the byline, the ball notably hit Gordon's hand when it bobbled up off of the turf, allowing the wide player to then side-foot into Longstaff's path.
Callum Wilson came within a whisker of doubling the lead shortly after, the striker just unable to get a telling touch on a brilliant set-piece delivery from Kieran Trippier.
On the half-hour mark, Dan Burn was able to get a telling connection on a Trippier set-piece to make it 2-0. The towering full-back muscled his way to the back post to head home the second goal of the game.
Sheffield United clearly didn't learn their lesson from the two aforementioned set pieces from Trippier as, in the 35th minute, they conceded another in similar fashion. This time Trippier's delivery into the box was met by Sven Botman, who brilliantly guided his headed effort into the far corner of the net.
Newcastle's dominance continued in the second half, with Wilson being the next to get on the scoresheet. The striker nodded home yet another fantastic Trippier cross from the flank to make it 4-0 in the 55th minute.
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