January cannot come quick enough for Newcastle.
The limitations of the squad inherited by
The result kept Newcastle in the relegation zone after 16 games, with the team having won just once so far.
And its next three opponents heading into the busy festive period? Liverpool, Manchester City and
Given Newcastle was recently bought by Saudi Arabia’s
On the evidence of the match at
He set up both of Youri Tielemans’ goals -- one coming from the penalty spot after Maddison was tripped -- and produced a stunning outside-of-the-boot pass in the build-up to a tap-in by
Maddison scored the fourth himself, lashing home into the corner after playing a one-two with Daka, who started ahead of
Newcastle stayed in next-to-last place.
“We’re in a huge fight to stay in this division,” Howe said. "We’ll need to use the pain and feeling from today to help us in our journey this season.”
WEST HAM DENIED
Burnley edged a point ahead of Newcastle — but remained in the relegation zone — after a 0-0 draw at home to West Ham. which couldn't build on its win over Chelsea last weekend.
Fourth-place West Ham is still in the
But
HERO TO VILLAIN
Demarai Gray won a game for Everton on Monday. He was partially to blame for a defeat on Sunday.
Gray's sloppy pass back into his own penalty area led to
Everton's performance was lackluster at
Palace moved above Everton into 12th place.
COVID OUTBREAK
Tottenham was also supposed to play on Sunday but its match against Brighton was called off on Thursday because a coronavirus outbreak at Spurs that led to the closure of the first-team section of the club's training ground.
While Tottenham's players have reportedly returned to training, improving the chances of its match at Leicester on Thursday going ahead, there could be COVID-19 issues at
Some players and staff members at United reported positive tests for the virus on Sunday.
The people who tested positive were sent home before training and the
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