Newcastle hit eight previous sorry Sheffield United as Gordon stars
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ewcastle United ruthlessly put Sheffield United to the sword with a blinding 8-0 victory at Bramall Lane on Sunday, with eight completely different gamers scoring to depart the house aspect backside of the Premier League standings.
Newcastle confirmed no indicators of a hangover from midweek after their first Champions League recreation in 20 years — a goalless draw away at AC Milan — and so they took a 3-0 lead by halftime with objectives from Sean Longstaff, Dan Burn and Sven Botman.
The second half was the same story as Kieran Trippier racked up his third help when Callum Wilson headed residence earlier than Anthony Gordon curled in Newcastle’s fifth from outdoors the field, which had Blades followers heading for the exits by the hour mark.
There was no respite as Miguel Almiron and Bruno Guimaraes capitalised on weak defending to make it 7-0 earlier than substitute Alexander Isak accomplished the rout with a late objective to maneuver Eddie Howe’s aspect as much as eighth within the standings.