Goal:
1-0: Hendrick (74, had time to chest down and then find the net at the back post after Elliot had initially denied Cork)
Bookings: Gudmundsson (45, foul); Cork (61, foul); Tarkowski (75, foul)
Referee: Mike Dean (The Wirral) – will have busier nights than this one in the middle. 7
Attendance: 21,031
Entertainment: 2/5
BURNLEY (4-5-1): Pope 7; Lowton 7, Tarkowski 7, Mee 6, Ward 6; Gudmundsson 5, CORK 7, Hendrick 7, Defour 6 (Defour 75), Brady 6; Barnes 5. Subs (not used): Arfield, Wells, Long, Vokes, Bardsley, Lindegaard (gk).
NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1):
7 Elliot: Did what he had to do when called upon but couldn’t prevent the winner as he missed a cross from the right;
6 Yedlin: Looked to get involved in the final third whenever he had chance and defended well enough
6 Lascelles: A confident display at the heart of the defence from the skipper to keep the Clarets at bay
7 LEJEUNE: After a shaky start he grew into the role and made life difficult for Barnes and Co
6 Manquillo: Didn’t do anything wrong and defended well enough to keep Gudmundsson quiet until the goal;
5 Diame: Gave the ball away a couple of times early on and, despite improving, needed to influence things more
6 Shelvey: Saw plenty of the ball but not enough in dangerous areas to make a difference like he is capable of doing
5 Ritchie: Far too quiet by his high standards on a night when the Magpies needed his quality
5 Perez: Came closest to opening the scoring after the restart but then lost the ball in build up to the winner
6 Atsu: The liveliest Newcastle player in the first half even if he didn’t get involved after the restart;
5 Joselu: Worked all night again and did what was asked even if he never looked like scoring
Subs:
Hayden (for Perez 75)
Murphy (for Ritchie 79)
Gayle (for Diame 88)
(not used): Darlow (gk), Clark, Gamez, Saivet.
MAN OF THE MATCH: JACK Cork – the boss man in the centre of the midfield much to the frustration of the Magpies.
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