Goals:

0-1: Wells (45, allowed the space to turn in van la Parra’s delivery by Lascelles)

1-1: Gayle (60, headed in the rebound after his penalty was saved by Ward)

1-2: Payne (82, picked out in space before cutting back and firing low inside the far post)

Bookings: Hudson (21, foul); Lowe (62, foul); Gayle (63, foul)

Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands) – kept the game flowing and Newcastle could never blame the official for the defeat. 7

Attendance: 52,079

Entertainment: PP

Newc Hudd

Shots on 4 3

Shots off 9 5

Corners 4 1

Offsides 2 2

Fouls 6 10

NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1):

5 Sels: Didn’t have the busiest of afternoons but was slightly slow to react to Wells’ opener.

5 Janmaat: Improved after the restart when he had Ritchie to link up with down his flank

5 Mbemba: Looked like he was doing everything at a slow pace but defended reasonably well until he was partly to blame for the winner

4 Lascelles: Will be frustrated to have allowed both Wells and Payne to score just a week after Smith got the better of him ay Fulham

5 Dummett: Joined in with the attacks on a number of occasions but often unable to send over a decent cross;

6 Shelvey: Was influential in the first half to justify his inclusion but did allow van la Parra to cross for the opener

6 Hayden: Not as effective as he was at Fulham but passed the ball around neatly in the middle;

5 Anita: Always works hard but it was hard for him again as a makeshift winger

5 Diame: Surprisingly didn’t make an impact behind the striker when a lot rested on him

4 Aarons: Lost possession a number of times and his best work was done in a defensive sense when he needed to be a creator;

5 Gayle: Will be relieved to have headed in the rebound from a missed penalty that had summed up his day

Subs:

RITCHIE (for Aarons 46): After one and a half games the £12m winger has already emerged as the team’s key player. 7

Perez (for Diame 75)

Armstrong (for Janmaat 83)

Subs (not used): Darlow (gk), Gamez, Clark, Colback.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (4-4-2): Ward 7; Smith 6, Hudson 7, Schindler 7, Lowe 7; Lolley 7 (Payne 81), Hogg 6, MOOY 8, Van la Parra 7 (Scannell 71); Wells 7 (Palmer 64, 6), Kachunga 7. Subs (not used): Coleman (gk), Cranie, Stankovic, Hefele.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Aaron Mooy – the Australian midfielder made life difficult for Newcastle by breaking things up and protecting the visiting defence.