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96 min: \u201cDaylight Brobbery,\u201d emails Justin. \u201cSome headlines write themselves. Nien? Sorry, Nein?\u201d<\/p>\n
Lol, is all I can say to that.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +4: Hall hits a free-kick from distance. Ellborg turns it out for a corner. Can Sunderland<\/a> make it 11 unbeaten in the league in this prestigious fixture?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +3: We will have seven added minutes minimum. Sadiki and then Geertruida are booked. Can Newcastle save a point, which would be worth so much more than a point in the context of the season?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.52 EDT<\/p>\n Xhaka had started the move from deep with a very good, searching pass down the middle. Then it was a touch of quality from the recently-introduced Le Fee that created the goal, bursting to the byline and cutting back for Brobbey. The Dutch forward\u2019s initial effort bounces back off Ramsdale, but he gets another bite at it, and clips it into the net. As stated Brobbey has been very good all day and no one can begrudge him that goal. Disaster for Newcastle, disaster for Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.51 EDT<\/p>\n Goal! 90 min: Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland (Brobbey)<\/p>\n It\u2019s a goal! For Sunderland! Brobbey\u2019s been excellent and he deserves it \u2026<\/p>\n Brian Brobbey scores for Sunderland! Photograph: Andy Buchanan\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.52 EDT<\/p>\n 88 min: Wissa on, Gordon off for Newcastle. Jason Tindall, never less than prominent, stands with his arm around Wissa before the forward comes on, no doubt encouraging him to take his chance in the limited time available.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.47 EDT<\/p>\n 87 min: Eddie Howe is about to bring on Yoanne Wissa. He\u2019s sitting with the former Brentford man in the dugout now, and taking him through some tactical instructions on his iPad.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.46 EDT<\/p>\n 84 min: According to Sky Sports, Geertruida of Sunderland<\/a> has reported being racially abused by someone in the St James\u2019 Park stands. The referee was discussing the matter with the Sunderland staff a few minutes ago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.45 EDT<\/p>\n 83 min: It\u2019s all very scruffy. Sunderland<\/a> are relentless in not allowing Newcastle to settle. Their intensity off the ball is impressive.<\/p>\n Now, Brobbey tees up Diarra with a measured pass. Diarra\u2019s powerful shot is blocked. Talbi then has a crack from distance.<\/p>\n And now, Diarra is taken off, Enzo Le Fee has come on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: All hands on deck for Newcastle in defence. The ball is rolling around worryingly for a while. Two Sunderland<\/a> players then appear to tackle each other on the edge. Then Alderete is booked for a foul on Osula.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min: Willock releases Gordon with a good diagonal pass. Gordon gets the ball under control, cuts inside, and blazes a shot over. Howe holds his head in his hands by the dugout. We\u2019ve got 10 minutes plus stoppages (which will be lengthy.)<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.39 EDT<\/p>\n 78 min: Osula is on for the Magpies for Barnes. There\u2019s a lull in the stadium after the euphoria of the disallowed goal for Thiaw.<\/p>\n We thought Sunderland<\/a> would give a decent account of themselves \u2026 but they\u2019ve exceeded expectations given the injury problems and the recent very indifferent form.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.37 EDT<\/p>\n Disallowed goal for Newcastle! (Thiaw)<\/p>\n It\u2019s there! Or is it? VAR will check Thiaw\u2019s header \u2026 Is it handball? Is Murphy interfering with the goalie? It\u2019s no goal. The celebrations were passionate, as you\u2019d expect, but the VAR has intervened and we are all square. Nil-nil, lads! Or in fact one-one.<\/p>\n Malick Thiaw\u2019s header won\u2019t count. Photograph: Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.36 EDT<\/p>\n 74 min: Livramento wins a corner for Newcastle. Osula will come on soon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 72 min: Rigg makes inroads for Sunderland<\/a> from the right and finds Brobbey with a ball to feet. The Dutchman has his back to goal but does well \u2013 again \u2013 to turn and shoot. It\u2019s blocked from point-blank range by his marker. Brobbey has been good.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.31 EDT<\/p>\n 70 min: Barnes scuffs a first-time shot horribly from the edge after a long throw for Newcastle \u2026 it takes a massive deflection and nearly sneaks into the net!<\/p>\n Newcastle win a corner, Burn is up there, nearly under the crossbar in a crowded penalty area \u2013 Ellborg, again unconvincingly, manages a bit of contact on the ball and Sunderland<\/a> survive.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.29 EDT<\/p>\n 69 min: Sunderland\u2019s Sadiki smashes a shot at Ramsdale from inside the box! Ramsdale fists it clear! Nervy times for Newcastle. There is another goal in this game. Newcastle are looking threatening at the other end to boot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min: Now the super-sub Murphy digs out an excellent cross from the right, looking for Barnes. O\u2019Nien does well to head it clear. That was a class Beckhamesque cross with plenty of whip on it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: Good move from Howe to mix it up, you feel. Momentum was slipping and Sunderland<\/a> were in the ascendancy.<\/p>\n Murphy proves the point by banging a shot from outside the box that warms the hands of Ellborg. He beats it out for a corner, somewhat unconvincingly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.25 EDT<\/p>\n 64 min: Trippier evokes a groan from home fans with a poor pass intended for Elanga.<\/p>\n TRIPLE SUB! Jacob Murphy, Joe Willock and Tino Livramento come on for Newcastle. Woltemade off along with Elanga and Trippier.<\/p>\n On come the cavalry for Newcastle. Photograph: Richard Lee\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.28 EDT<\/p>\n 63 min: No, Sunderland<\/a> in fact take the corner short. Xhaka exchanges passes with a teammate and bends in a cross that Burn heads clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min: Xhaka is afforded time and space to hit a powerful shot from distance. It rifles off Ramsey and out for a corner \u2026 Xhaka can try another inswinger from the set-piece.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: \u201cThe problem with confidence is it is like a little flower: if you step on it, it is away in a second – it is much more difficult to let it grow than to let it die.\u201d (Jurgen Klopp).<\/p>\n Will Newcastle\u2019s confidence now crumble as memories of their midweek pasting at the Camp Nou come flooding back? This is a big half an hour for Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! 57 min: Newcastle 1-1 Sunderland (Talbi)<\/p>\n Xhaka hits an excellent inswinging corner from the Sunderland<\/a> right. Ramsdale can only half-punch it clear. Hume sends the ball to the far post on the half-volley, from near the penalty spot, where Diarra tries to chest it over the line \u2026 the ball then breaks to Talbi who tucks it into the net from close range! Sunderland in dreamland!<\/p>\n We\u2019re all square! Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.21 EDT<\/p>\n 56 min: Brobbey does excellently to win a header from a long ball. Rigg is thus able to belt a shot at Ramsdawl from an angle. The goalie deflects it behind for a corner \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min: Feels like a long time since we saw any football. Hope Botman is OK, of course. Sunderland<\/a> fans will be complaining about time-wasting, no doubt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.13 EDT<\/p>\n 53 min: Botman cannot continue. He walks off, very slowly, as Malick Thiaw comes on for Newcastle. It\u2019s a concussion substitution, and it seems the ref is now explaining that to Le Bris and his Sunderland<\/a> staff.<\/p>\n Sven Botman has to come off. Photograph: Lee Keuneke\/Every Second Media\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.34 EDT<\/p>\n 51 min: Botman of Newcastle is down injured and getting treatment. A head knock?<\/p>\n \u201cWith so many teams faltering at the close of the season, turning the race for European football into a slow bicycle race, both teams surely know what a victory today will mean,\u201d emails K\u00e1ri Tulinius. <\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Sunderland<\/a> start taking risks, and Newcastle will look to punish them for that.\u201d<\/p>\n A slow bicycle race \u2026 Mark Lawrenson used to call that \u201cAfter you Claude\u201d on Football Focus.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min: As long as Sunderland<\/a> don\u2019t lose o-nine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: \u201cHi Luke,\u201d writes Richard.<\/p>\n \u201cOh Justin, nein!\u201d<\/p>\n Justin, before half-time, said \u201cO\u2019Nien\u201d means \u201cOh no!\u201d in German. It\u2019s close enough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min: O\u2019Nien sends in a high cross. Then he sends in a low cross. Those followed another long thrown. He\u2019s certainly trying to make amends for his first-half mistake.<\/p>\n Luke O’Nien slides in on Anthony Gordon as we get back underway at St James\u2019 Park. Photograph: Lee Keuneke\/Every Second Media\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.10 EDT<\/p>\n 46 min: Rigg crosses for Brobbey, who wins the ball well in the air and nods it back across goal. But there is no one there and Geertruida appears to complain that Brobbey didn\u2019t send the header in his direction. Now, O\u2019Nien will launch yet another long throw \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Second-half kick-off<\/p>\n Lock and load.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rob Smyth has Tottenham v Forest here:<\/p>\n Emillia Hawkins has matchday live \u2013 including Milk Cup final buildup:<\/p>\n And here\u2019s some more pre-final reading:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time! Newcastle 1-0 Sunderland<\/p>\n That was lively. Did Sunderland<\/a> get punished for trying to waste a bit of time via Luke O\u2019Nien\u2019s howler, after a goal kick was taken short? I couldn\u2019t possibly comment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.49 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min: Hall hits the free straight at Ellborg.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Hume is booked. We\u2019ll have a minimum of two minutes added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last man to make a huge error in this fixture was the popular Woltemade, who took the brickbats with the good grace to be expected of a man whose German name translates roughly as \u2018of a pleasant disposition.\u2019\u201d emails Justin Kavanagh. \u201cToday\u2019s villain, O\u2019Nien, although British, has a Germanic-sounding surname which simply means Oh No in that language!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.47 EDT<\/p>\n 43 min: Off the woodwork from Newcastle! Hall crosses dangerously from the hosts\u2019 left and a headed effort by Botman cannons off the far post!<\/p>\n Next up, Sunderland<\/a> have more defending to do, and there are a few handbags after a cynical foul on a flying Elanga by Hume. Xhaka and Joelinton make friends when it calms down.<\/p>\n Sven Botman hits the post! Photograph: Richard Lee\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.46 EDT<\/p>\n 42 min: Woltemade releases Hall down the Newcastle left. He fires a low cross into the danger zone but Sunderland\u2019s shape is good as always and they clear.<\/p>\n From the throw-in, Woltemade has half a chance to do something spectacular, controlling and turning and trying a half-volley but he miscues the shot.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: Newcastle have another corner. Nothing comes of it. Sunderland<\/a>, who to be fair to them are having a go, are immediately on the attack again. Talbi has another chance to shoot after a quick break, but it\u2019s a scuffed effort that Burn thunders clear from around the six-yard box.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: \u201cAn interested neutral here, based in Newcastle,\u201d writes Em.<\/p>\n \u201cSo far NUFC clearly gonna be happier & I have sat on the fence predicting 1-1 but even with my heart full of neutrality, I do hope it\u2019s not a Dan Burn mistake that costs NUFC the lead (and perhaps with it, it becoming his last top flight appearance at SJP after what\u2019s been a bit of a Boys Own adventure career-wise).<\/p>\n \u201dAlso, be interesting to see how Le Bris tries to win the game, with SAFC being safe on 40 points (rather than not try to lose any worse than 1-0).\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.40 EDT<\/p>\n 38 min: Trippier bends\/floats the free-kick to the far post. Is he looking to catch the goalie out, or is he trying to set up a teammate? Either way he gets it wrong, and a valuable attacking position is wasted.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: Barnes, who has perhaps been a bit anonymous, bustles past Geertruida on the Newcastle right wing, falls over and wins an arguably generous free-kick. Geertruida smiles ruefully at the decision.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.38 EDT<\/p>\n 35 min: Trippier receives the ball in space in his left full-back position. He plays a clever curling pass, long down the line, looking to use Elanga\u2019s pace. But Sunderland\u2019s defence is well set and Talbi nabs the ball and clears the danger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.37 EDT<\/p>\n 34 min: We have a little over 10 minutes to go in this lively if somewhat disjointed first half. Here come Sunderland<\/a> again \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: Sunderland<\/a> have a very good chance at the other end after Sadiki crosses and Brobbey pulls off a saucy dummy. Then it\u2019s Newcastle hitting back immediately, Elanga escaping on their left, executing a lollipop, before firing left-footed into the side netting. A few fans on the other side may have fancied that was in the onion bag.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.34 EDT<\/p>\n 30 min: Hall tries a cheeky backheel in the area after the corner. He fluffs it, but Gordon goes down in the vicinity under a challenge from Rigg, and the fans scream for a penalty. The VAR is having a look at it \u2026 and it\u2019s no penalty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.32 EDT<\/p>\n 29 min: Joelinton takes the ball to the corner flag, wins a corner, and roars his delight to the fans as a result. Sunderland<\/a> are soaking up plenty of pressure here. Newcastle are playing like they\u2019ve got a point to prove.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 28 min: From the edge of the penalty area and in plenty of space, Geertruida nods an angled ball over the top out for a corner, perhaps needlessly. Trippier takes the set-piece, Burn knocks it down at the far post, but Sunderland<\/a> claim it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.29 EDT<\/p>\n 25 min: Geertruida tries to cross from the left for the visitors. It\u2019s deflected to the Toon goalie, Ramsdale. Then Barnes is almost immediately threatening at the other end. But Sunderland<\/a> snuff out the danger. It\u2019s pretty lively stuff this. Newcastle are probably glad to be dealing with long throws and second balls rather than Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Lewandowski et al.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.28 EDT<\/p>\n 23 min: Xhaka sprays a fine pass out to Talbi on the Sunderland<\/a> left. He runs goalwards, cuts in and bends a brilliant short that looks to be heading for the top corner \u2026 but Ramsdale manages to claw it out! From the resulting corner, Rigg blazes a shot high over the cross bar after a useful set-piece routine that saw the ball volleyed back into the danger area from beyond the far post.<\/p>\n Granit Xhaka runs the ball out of play as Big Dan Burn slides in. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.32 EDT<\/p>\n 21 min: O\u2019Nien sends a ball over the top. Burn cuts it out. Brobbey then commits a foul, again on Botman I think. It\u2019s a bitty game thus far that lacks any kind of fluency, but it was always likely to be. The atmosphere is good and we\u2019ve had an early goal, all right?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.22 EDT<\/p>\n 20 min: O\u2019Nien gets another long throw launched. But there\u2019s a foul in the area on someone in black and white. Newcastle have a free-kick in their penalty area.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19 min: Aside from that earlier raid by Brobbey, when he was penalised (arguably harshly) for a foul on Botman, Sunderland<\/a> haven\u2019t shown much in attack. Unless you count the two long throws from O\u2019Nien.<\/p>\n