He inflicted a first defeat since September on his former club Sheffield United and their heaviest loss in 62 games. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Newcastle’s opener at Sheffield United was Allan Saint-Maximin’s first goal for the club. The other unexpected element was that Saint-Maximin, whose mesmeric, high-speed dribbling has made him a crowd favourite, delivered the sort of goal Carroll had copyrighted. “Jonjo Shelvey even nonchalantly went up and took an opportunity.” Yet Bruce’s assistants, Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence, were screaming at Shelvey to finish, which he duly did. If VAR is a regular source of complaint for him, a recent constant for Newcastle has been Dubravka’s excellence.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2019 21:30 UTC