Goals:

0-1: Ritchie pen (10, sent Ward the wrong way from the spot with a powerful strike after earning the penalty himself)

0-2: Murphy (33, appeared to nick the ball out of the reaches of Ward before sliding in the finish from a tight angle)

1-2: Mooy pen (72, stroked a finish inside Darlow’s bottom right corner)

1-3: Gayle (90, tapped in after darting clean through on goal following a blunder from Coleman)

Bookings: Schindler (34, foul); Colback (35, foul); Anita (45, foul); Clark (46, foul); Shelvey (62, foul)

Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire) – infuriated the home fans with decisions that allowed Newcastle to score twice, even though they were the right calls. 7

Attendance: 23,213

Entertainment: **

               Hudd Newc

Shots on 6       5

Shots off 10     1

Corners   9       3

Offsides  2       1

Fouls      8     17

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (4-2-3-1): Ward 5 (Coleman 46, 4); Smith 6, Schindler 6, Hefele 6, Lowe 5 (Quaner 87); MOOY 8, Billing 6 (Hogg 66, 5); Kachunga 7, Brown 6, La Parra 7; Wells 6. Subs: Hudson, Cranie, Payne, Lolley.

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

7 Darlow: Got nowhere near the penalty but otherwise did what he needed to do between the posts;

6 Anita: Had a tough task in containing van la Parra but brought greater solidity to the right hand side

8 LASCELLES: Marshalled the defence like a true skipper and made plenty blocks and clearances

7 Clark: Excellent alongside his captain at the heart of the defence to frustrate the Terriers

7 Dummett: Is playing consistently well to help Newcastle’s promotion push when it matters most;

6 Shelvey: Had to do more in a defensive sense than he would normally have to and didn’t see as much of the ball

7 Colback: Taken off over fears he could be sent off but was still tenacious and broke up things;

8 Ritchie: Would have liked to do more in the final third but he was excellent defensively and scored;

6 Diame: Worked hard enough again without having the freedom to do what he can to torment the home defence

6 Atsu: Another who would have liked more action going forward but that was how the game went;

7 Murphy: Isolated at times but the game plan worked to a tee with him leading the line and got his goal too

Subs:

Gayle (for Murphy 66): Goal number 21 was the easiest of the lot. 6

Gouffran (for Colback 72)

Yedlin (for Atsu 81)

(not used): Elliot (gk), Gamez, Hanley, Perez.

MAN OF THE MATCH: JAMAAL Lascelles – excellent from start to finish and displayed the sort of desire and determination that will lead Newcastle back to the Premier League.

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