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That\u2019s all from me tonight. Read Louise Taylor\u2019s match report here:<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n We also have minute-by-minute coverage of Wolves 0-1 Arsenal. Bukayo Saka has given the league leaders an early lead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Eddie Howe spoke to TNT Sports after the game: <\/p>\n A tribute to the team today. We were really good in the first half. That\u2019s as good as we have played in a long time.<\/p>\n We wanted to keep the momentum in the second half. The game changed and they played lower on the pitch which made it more difficult for us. Overall, it\u2019s a great day for us. We know the tie isn\u2019t dead or over but we are in a great position.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Anthony Gordon wins player of the match. Here\u2019s a message from Justin Kavanagh:<\/p>\n With that first half haul Anthony Gordon has now flashed up to second in this season\u2019s Champions League scorers\u2019 chart. He\u2019s behind only the great Kyllian Mbapp\u00e9, a man who knocks in hat-tricks in World Cup Finals just to annoy English pub quiz anoraks.<\/p>\n Newcastle\u2019s Anthony Gordon celebrates after scoring his side\u2019s third goal during the Champions League play-off first leg soccer match between Qarabag and Newcastle in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photograph: APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.56 EST<\/p>\n Full time: Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle<\/p>\n Newcastle killed the tie in the first half. The away side dominated the game throughout despite Qarabag\u2019s consolation goal. Qarabag<\/a> were slightly better in the second half but their terrible defending early on left them no chance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min: What a chance! Osula cuts it back for Lewis Miley but the cross goes through his legs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Three more minutes until the referee puts Qarabag<\/a> out of their misery.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: How has the ball stayed out of the net? Murphy crosses the ball into the box from a free kick for Dan Burn. He meets it on the fall but his header is straight at the keeper. Osula shoots on the rebound but Kochalski pulls off a tremendous double-save.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: Lewis Hall goes on a long run on the left hand side, beating a couple of Qarabag<\/a> players in the process. Surely, he\u2019ll be England\u2019s first choice left back at the World Cup.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: Qarabag are on the attack. Zoubir drives towards the Newcastle box and lays it off to Marko Jankovic. The midfielder smashes his shot into the stands.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min: Murphy\u2019s last goal has slowed the game down. Qarabag<\/a> have lost some of their newfound confidence and Newcastle seem content with their lead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Joelinton is on for Trippier.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle (Murphy, 71)<\/p>\n Murphy brings the ball down on the right before cutting inside. He curls the ball with his left foot and the ball deflects off a defender into the back of the net.<\/p>\n Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy celebrates after scoring his side’s sixth goal against Qarabag. Photograph: APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.32 EST<\/p>\n 67 min: Newcastle make three changes. William Osula, Jacob Murphy and Jacob Ramsey are on for Gordon, Elanga and Willock.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min: Qarabag work it brilliantly down the right with a nice give-and-go. Abdellah Zoubir works it to Pedro Bicalho on the edge of the area and his strike whistles past the post via a deflection.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.12 EST<\/p>\n 62 min: Tonali curls a cross into the box. Woltemade jumps highest while Kochalski gets nowhere near it. Luckily for the Qarabag<\/a> keeper, Woltemade heads it onto the roof of the net.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: The home fans are making their voices heard. They finally have something to shout about.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min: Joni Montiel unleashes a shot from the edge of the area. It\u2019s straight at Pope but it\u2019s sign Qarabag<\/a> have finally woken up. That goal has given them some confidence.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Qarabag 1-5 Newcastle (Cafarquliyev, 55)<\/p>\n Or not. Cafarquliyev peels off the Newcastle defenders on the left. He travels into the box and guides the ball past a stunned Nick Pope. Qarabag<\/a> have one back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.04 EST<\/p>\n 53 min: Elvin Cafarquliyev\u2019s has the ball in the back of the net but it\u2019s ruled out for offside \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.04 EST<\/p>\n 51 min: Great touch and stepover from Woltemade in the middle of the park. A Qarabag<\/a> defender brings him down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min: There\u2019s a break in play as Elanga slips on the running track outside of the pitch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: Apparently there\u2019s been a disagreement between Trippier and Gordon over that last penalty. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll hear more about it at the end of the game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.58 EST<\/p>\n Second half<\/p>\n Here we go again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A reminder from Ian Williamson: <\/p>\n Some of us will remember a Chris Waddle inspired 4-0 HT lead away to QPR at Loftus Road that ended 5-5. It\u2019s not over yet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A message from Chris Paraskevas: <\/p>\n Xaymaca, this feels like one of those Pro Evolution Soccer games when you\u2019re five goals up at half-time but seething at all of the sitters you know you missed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half time: Qarabag 0-5 Newcastle<\/p>\n That was one of the most one-sided halves of football I\u2019ve seen. Newcastle were all over Qarabag<\/a>, racking up 18 attempts on the home side\u2019s goal. Every time Eddie Howe\u2019s team got forward, it looked like they were going to score. Newcastle would be 10-0 up if it wasn\u2019t for number of strong saves from Mateusz Kochalski in Qarabag\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n The travelling Toon Army would have enjoyed that half. Photograph: Elmir Karimov\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.15 EST<\/p>\n GOAL! Qarabag 0-5 Newcastle (Gordon, 45+1)<\/p>\n Wow! What a half of football. Gordon dispatches it. It\u2019s a great penalty and an even better half for Newcastle. It\u2019s the first time they\u2019ve scored five goals in the Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon celebrates scoring their fifth goal. Photograph: Aziz Karimov\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.41 EST<\/p>\n Penalty to Newcastle<\/p>\n Qarabag give the ball away needlessly and Gordon takes advantage. 1v1 with the keeper, he knocks it round Kochalski, who brings the winger down in the process.<\/p>\n Qarabag’s keeper Mateusz Kochalski brings down Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon and the referee points to the spot. Photograph: Giorgi Arjevanidze\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.37 EST<\/p>\n 42 min: Trippier almost scores from a corner. Kochalski tips Trippier\u2019s inswinger over the bar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: Elanga delivers a precise ball towards Burn in the box. The England defender powers a header straight at the keeper.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min: Newcastle aren\u2019t satisfied with four goals. Nick Pope rolls the ball out after a corner and gets his team back on the front foot. A Qarabag<\/a> defender fouls Anthony Elanga as he runs forward.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: Woltemade is playing excellently in the no.10 position. He does well to hold onto the ball and manoeuvre past a couple of Qarabag<\/a> defenders.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36 min: It\u2019s a total mismatch. Qarabag\u2019s defending, particularly for the last goal, has been terrible.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Qarabag 0-4 Newcastle (Gordon, 34)<\/p>\n Hat-trick for Anthony Gordon! Almost immediately after the restart, Woltemade wins the ball back. He pokes a lazy ball over the top to Gordon, who beats Kevin Medina to the ball. Gordon is through on goal and rounds the keeper before tapping it in to an empty net.<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon prepares to slot the ball home for Newcastle United’s fourth goal and his hat-trick. Photograph: Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Uefa\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.35 EST<\/p>\n GOAL! Qarabag 0-3 (Gordon, 32)<\/p>\n Great penalty from Gordon. The winger smashes the ball to the left, past the outstretched hand of Kochalski.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Penalty to Newcastle<\/p>\n The referee has given it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min: There\u2019s a VAR check for a potential penalty. Barnes takes a shot on goal and the ball strikes Chris Kouakou\u2019s hand as he tries to make a block. I\u2019m not really sure what the defender is supposed to do.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min: What a save! Willock lifts it to Barnes, who brings it down and lays the ball off to Gordon. Again, Gordon is 1v1 with the keeper. He tries to poke it past the keeper but Kochalski gets down well.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24 min: How has he missed that? Woltemade starts the move off with some quick feet. Then Tonali picks it up on the left before passing to Gordon in the middle. Gordon slips it through to Barnes, who is clean through on goal, but he can\u2019t beat the keeper with his finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 min: We have a short break in play as one of the Qarabag<\/a> players is down. Gurban Gurbanov is having strong words with his team.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19 min: Lewis Hall whips a free kick towards goal but Mateusz Kochalski punches the ball out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 min: Newcastle have had eight attempts on goal already!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min: Nick Woltemade does well to win the ball off a Qarabag<\/a> midfielder. Newcastle\u2019s big man plays a ball in behind to Gordon who dances this way and that in front of the defenders before cutting the ball back to Barnes. Barnes meets it on the edge of the box but drags his shot just wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 14 min: Newcastle are getting chance after chance. Gordon runs through the heart of the defence but hits his effort straight at the keeper.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 13 min: Lovely one-two between Barnes and Willock, who have combined brilliantly so far. The Qarabag<\/a> defenders manage to block the ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12 min: Newcastle are pressing high. How many goals will they score tonight?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Qarabag 0-2 Newcastle (Thiaw, 8)<\/p>\n It\u2019s too easy. Newcastle carry out a well worked corner kick routine, rolling it across the edge of the area. Qarabag<\/a> clear but it\u2019s only as far as Kieran Trippier who whips in a cross to the back post. Malick Thiaw rises highest and nods the ball into the back of the net.<\/p>\n Malick Thiaw (centre) celebrates with teammates after doubling Newcastle United\u2019s lead against Qarabag. Photograph: Aziz Karimov\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.04 EST<\/p>\n 7 min: Newcastle are carving Qarabag<\/a> open. Joe Willock runs through the middle before slipping in Harvey Barnes. Barnes hits it down to the keeper\u2019s left and it\u2019s out for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5 min: Qarabag head the other way, working it well on the left. It rolls out to Joni Montiel but his effort is blocked and goes out for a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Qarabag 0-1 Newcastle (Gordon, 3)<\/p>\n Perfect start for Newcastle! Dan Burn drives with the ball and plays a pass through to Anthony Gordon. The England winger is away and cooly slots his finish past the keeper.<\/p>\n Anthony Gordon fires home a right footed shot to give Newcastle United an early lead against Qarabag. Photograph: Giorgi Arjevanidze\/AFP\/Getty ImagesGordon (left) celebrates with his teammates. Photograph: Aziz Karimov\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.02 EST<\/p>\n 1 min: Harvey Barnes has the first chance of the evening, a fairly tame effort straight at the keeper.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Kick off<\/p>\n Newcastle get us under way, kicking from right to left.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Newcastle manager Eddie Howe\u2019s words on the eve of the match:<\/p>\n To get to the last 16 of this competition would be an incredible achievement and we\u2019re trying to embrace it in that way. We\u2019re trying to look at the excitement and the possibility rather than feel too much of the burden of the pressure of the occasion. We want to turn these moments and these games into history opportunities and into moments people talk about for a long time. There\u2019s a real excitement with this game and the travel and the number of supporters we\u2019re bringing, so it\u2019d all set to be a great occasion. Then of course, we have to do our bit. We have to bring our A game, we have to approach the game the right way in terms of our attitude \u2013 I know we will \u2013 and then we have to deliver like we have in our last two away games.\u201d<\/p>\n Eddie Howe speaks to TNT Sports\u2019 Jules Breach in Baku. Photograph: Serena Taylor\/Newcastle United\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.27 EST<\/p>\n Some pre-match reading for you, before we get on to this game:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some early scene-setting from Baku \u2026<\/p>\n Nick Woltemade arrives at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium. Photograph: Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Uefa\/Getty ImagesQarabag\u2019s Matheus Silva pitches up for the game. Photograph: Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Uefa\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>The teams<\/p>\n Qarabag: Kochalski, Matheus Silva, Mustafazade, Medina, Cafarquliyev, Pedro Bicalho, Jankovic, Andrade, Montiel, Zoubir, Duran. Subs: Ramazanov, Buntic, Mmaee, Addai, Daniel, Borges, Kashchuk, Qurbanly, Bayramov, Abbas Huseynov, Cabrayilzada, Badavi Huseynov.<\/p>\n Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Willock, Elanga, Woltemade, Barnes, Gordon. Subs: Ruddy, Ramsdale, Harris, Joelinton, Osula, Jacob Murphy, Alex Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar, Neave.<\/p>\n Referee: Espen Eskas (Norway).<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of Qarabag v Newcastle in the Champions League<\/a> playoffs.<\/p>\n Qarabag, second in the Azerbaijan Premier League, lost 6-0 against Liverpool in their last Champions League game. The hosts don\u2019t have a great record against English opposition, losing eight out of nine games, but they did draw against Chelsea in this season\u2019s Champions League group stage.<\/p>\n Newcastle may have turned a corner after wins against Spurs and Aston Villa ended a five-match winless run. Travelling 2,529 miles away from home, Newcastle will be keen to win their first Champions League knockout game.<\/p>\n Kick off is at 5.45pm GMT. Join me<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n