KEY EVENTS
4’ – ROONEY OFFSIDE – Rooney is slipped in down the middle, he beats Krul easily, but the assistant referee had flagged for offside, but it’s a very tight decision.
15’ – KRUL SAVE – Mata cuts in on the left, in the box, and he drills a shot at the near post, but Krul dives smartly to his left to save.
21’ – MEMPHIS SHOT – Memphis skips into the box as he skins the full back, tries to curl into the top corner, but he slides the shot straight at Krul.
23’ – MITROVIC HEADER – Mbemba’s cross from deep finds Mitrovic and his excellent header beats Romero, but crashes against the crossbar.
42’- PEREZ SHOT – Perez drags a shot from a loose ball just wide of goal. A corner is wrongly awarded.
76’ – SHAW SHOT – Shaw plays a great one-two with Schneiderlin on the edge of the box and he drills a shot towards the corner for Krul to stop.
80’ – HERNANDEZ SAVE – Hernandez picks up a loose ball in the box, Krul rushes out to block, but Hernandez sends his shot straight at the ‘keeper.
90+1’ – SMALLING HEADER – Memphis curls in a cross to the back post and Smalling clips a header crashing against the post, Newcastle break down the other end and Thuavin finishes a 3-on-2 by just missing a ball across the box.