Newcastle cruise to Palace win to raise pressure on Sage
Newcastle heaped more pressure on Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage as they took advantage of the Eagles' dreadful start to the second half to win 2-0 at Selhurst Park.
Report and free match highlights as second-half goals from Will Osula and Harvey Barnes give Newcastle 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park to raise pressure on under-fire head coach Pierre Sage
Newcastle heaped more pressure on Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage as they took advantage of the Eagles' dreadful start to the second half to win 2-0 at Selhurst Park.
Having been battered 5-0 by Brighton last weekend, Palace badly needed a response for their under-fire head coach but were soundly beaten by the Magpies - whose own manager Matthias Jaissle had also come into the game feeling the heat.
The manner of Palace's defeat will be of particular concern given that, after a forgettable first half, they barely re-emerged for the second with Jaissle clearly winning the battle of the half-time teamtalks. Barely a minute after the restart the hosts were behind when Jacob Murphy's excellent cross was turned home by Will Osula.
It would have been two soon after save for a tight VAR offside call against Joe Willock, who had been threaded through by a fine Joelinton pass. But Palace failed to use the let-off to their advantage and were soon punished when Harvey Barnes slammed home a second just before the hour.
That was enough for the murmurs of discontent to begin to ripple through a previously patient home support, who were shown little to give them any hope of a comeback as only Dario Osorio's long-range effort caused Lukas Hornicek any concern.
Newcastle's impressive victory lifts them seventh in the Premier League standings following a first win in three and an all-too-rare clean sheet - their first since August.
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2: CLOSE! Jean-Philippe Mateta gets onto the end of an Adam Wharton free-kick after pinball in the Newcastle box, but can't make a clean connection.
47: GOAL! Murphy's dangerous outswinging cross is fired home by Osula at the near post.
52: NO GOAL! Willock has the ball in the net from Joelinton's lovely through ball but is just ahead of the last man.
58: GOAL! Barnes does make it two, hammering home from inside the box.
71: SAVE! Osorio forces Hornicek into his first save in over an hour with his long-range curler tipped wide.
76: VAR! The video official checks for a potential elbow from Jeremy Pino, but rules it insufficient for a red card.
