{"id":90218,"date":"2025-10-22T03:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/90218\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T03:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:48:16","slug":"anthony-gordon-breaks-newcastle-record-in-3-0-champions-league-win-against-benfica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/90218\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Gordon breaks Newcastle record in 3-0 Champions League win against Benfica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/99e70905ac8e9eec257363eb0f9a6c32.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon has set a new Champions League record after his fantastic performance in the 3-0 win against Benfica.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies were in sublime form on the night and could have easily ended the game with a significantly higher margin.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Gordon was at the heart of Newcastle\u2019s emphatic win, bagging a goal and an assist and was a serious contender for the man of the match award.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old opened the scoring for Newcastle just after the half-hour mark, slotting home a low cross from Jacob Murphy after a sweeping team move.<\/p>\n<p>He then set up substitute Harvey Barnes for his brace in the 83rd minute before stepping off the pitch to a standing ovation as he was replaced by Anthony Elanga.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon\u2019s 32nd-minute goal etched his name into the club\u2019s folklore as the first Newcastle player to score in three consecutive Champions League games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He scored a brace of penalties in the 4-0 win against Belgian giants Union Saint-Gilloise, as well as the 2-1 defeat against Barcelona at St. James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon has been in fantastic form in the Champions League this season, notching four goals and an assist in three fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>While he has yet to open his goalscoring account in the Premier League, he remains a key player for Eddie Howe\u2019s side and one of the first names on the team sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his performance against Benfica after the game, Gordon said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/cn5q6rry9lpt?post=asset%3A01c5c16f-1012-4885-9185-f67079964fae#post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BBC<\/a>): \u201cIt means everything [to be the first Newcastle player to score in three consecutive Champions League games].<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we need more, my ambition doesn\u2019t stop there. Because we had so many chances, we had to put one away to calm the nerves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was glad to see it go in. Playing with [Jacob] Murphy, I knew he was going to play that ball every time. That goal is all about him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle, who were <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsview.co.uk\/2025\/10\/eddie-howe-sandro-tonali-is-touch-go-for-newcastle-clash-with-benfica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:without Sandro Tonali due to injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">without Sandro Tonali due to injury<\/a>, had 19 shots with 10 hitting the target.<\/p>\n<p>They also created five big chances and had a flurry of chances to increase the scoreline late in the game, but couldn\u2019t get past Benfica\u2019s Anatoliy Trubin.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies will now turn their attention to this weekend\u2019s home clash against Fulham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon has set a new Champions League record after his fantastic performance in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61151,22065,61146,1998,36837,4488,61147,61152,22063,85,46,61149,22059,4030,2619,61150,105,61148,36169],"class_list":["post-90218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-anatoliy-trubin","tag-anthony-elanga","tag-anthony-gordon","tag-barcelona","tag-benfica","tag-champions-league","tag-champions-league-games","tag-fulham","tag-harvey-barnes","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jacob-murphy","tag-newcastle","tag-newcastle-united","tag-premier-league","tag-sandro-tonali","tag-sports","tag-the-magpies","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}