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Toon sweep Manchester United aside in 3-0 victory at St James’ Park

January 4th, 2012 | 24 Comments |

Newcastle 3-0 Man Utd, January 2010.
Cabaye and Ba get a goal a piece.
A goal from Demba Ba, a free kick from Yohan Cabaye and – to add to Man Utd’s misery – an own goal by Phil Jones sees Newcastle United take all three points at St James’ Park.

The match started at a lively pace and it was pretty much box-to-box stuff for the first half.

The first decent chance fell to us on about 4 minutes when Simpson put in an excellent cross along the ground to Demba Ba, who was right in front of goal. Unfortunately it was slightly behind him and he couldn’t gather it for a shot.

Just over a minute later, Cabaye tested Anders Lindegaard after Ba nodded the ball down to him just outside the box. Unfortunately it was straight at the keeper and turned out to be an easy save.

Man Utd came close after 14 minutes though when a Berbatov header took a deflection and bounced off the post.

After 19 minutes an accidental handball by Cabaye led to a Man United free kick in a dangerous area. Fortunately Rooney’s free kick deflected off Tiote for a corner, which itself came to nothing.

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