Football Digest: Newcastle could be a Premier League title contender
Newcastle star Elliot Anderson was struck by a bottle as he celebrated a first-half goal during his side’s Premier League encounter with Sheffield United on Sunday. The Magpies were in fine form during the opening period of the showdown at Bramall Lane as they raced to a 3-0 lead by half time.
Newcastle had endured an underwhelming start to the new Premier League season after winning just two of their opening five matches and losing the other three. But Eddie Howe’s side were in fine form in Sheffield as they attempted to keep pace with the teams in the top half of the table.
The Magpies went ahead just before the midway point of the first half as Sean Longstaff swept the ball into the back of the net after good work from Anthony Gordon on the byline. And the away team doubled their advantage after 31 minutes as Dan Burn headed in Kieran Trippier’s corner at the far post.
Newcastle well and truly found their stride against last season’s Championship runners-up and killed off the contest four minutes later when Trippier turned provider for the second time to fire the ball onto the head of Sven Botman from a delicious free-kick.
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Newcastle were inn dreamland after their third goal of the match, with Botman running to the corner to celebrate. But as Anderson raced over to join the centre-back and other team-mates, he was struck by a bottle, which hit his legs. And he instinctively jumped into the air as the object hit him.
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