95' OH MY GOOD LORD! WHAT A SAVE! WHAT. A. SAVE! United scream forward, McTominay is blocked off, Mata plays it into the box, Carrick steers it toward goal - it really ought to be one but Dubravka pulls off an astonishing save.
87' Valencia absolutely clatters Atsu with a high-boot as the Chelsea loanee and United captain vie for the ball. That really, really, ought to have been a red.
85' Martial races down the left, plays it into the area where Sanchez collects it and sees his dink into the box blocked by Mata. Story of United's 2nd half this, really
83' Lukaku displays some superb footwork to work the ball further into the final third - before slipping in Sanchez, but Dummett times his tackle to perfection. Newcastle throw on Atsu for a dead-on-his-feet Kenedy
76' Martial is played one v one vs Lejeune but the Frenchman keeps his compatriot at bay - Martial then plays in Lukaku - whose cross is then headed away for a corner
70' Newcastle have fallen back into a formidable shape - they have the goal they so desperately needed and are looking to protect it with all they have
OH MY! OH MY! Shelvey pings it onto Lejeune who knocks it down Gayle - and the striker flicks it out to Ritchie who absolutely blasts it into the bottom far corner. Great goal that.
61' Lejeune and Martial get together and that's a United freekick. The visitors take it short but nothing comes out of it but Newcastle winning the ball back quite easily
60' Pogba urges United forward with a neat ping to Lukaku, who once again holds it up beautifully - but Yedlin slides in well to put a stop to Lingard's surge forward
57' OHHHHH MY GOOD LORD! OH MY! OH MY! A bit of enterprising intercepting from Valencia led to Lukaku getting the ball - who then played in Sanchez with an absolute peach of a ball - Sanchez takes it around Dubravka, inexplicably waited and took a touch - before Lejuene slid with a superb block. Why Sanchez waited only he will know.
54' O SANCHEZ! He mishits one from the left side, inside the box. A couple of moments later, Sanchez slaloms past 2 defenders inside the box and tries to sidefoot one home but it is deflected off for a corner.
53' Lukaku heads the ball into the net from a Smalling header inside the area. But quite clearly, Lukaku pushes the defender from behind and the goal won't count.
51' Young brought down by Ritchie as he is hounded by a tag-team of Ritchie and Perez. United win a freekick and de Gea propels it upfield. But the speculative pass to pick out Martial is too heavy and ends up going out for a throw-in to the Toons.
50' Lingard runs straight into traffic after United break on the counter. That's rather poor from Lingard and he concedes a freekick when it was there to be won.
49' United are looking better in the attacking third so far and their fans will hope that it will continue. Meanwhile, Newcastle break again and Young concedes a throw-in near the corner flag on United's left-hand side.
47' United more fluid around the final third in this half. Young feigns and goes past a couple of defenders but Lascelles holds his ground and clears his lines.
46' Lingard finds Young in space on the left wing. He whips one into the centre, a low cross, which Martial tries to gather but it's just too much for him to do though it looked very promising for a split-second.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Lingard sets the ball rolling and we're off in the second half. Who will go home with a smile tonight? We'll find out in 45 minutes.
Nil-Nil at the break here at St. James Park. Manchester United will be hoping for a much better half this time around. Newcastle United must feel like they can really pull off an upset here. The players are emerging out of their changing rooms and onto the ground.
The score tells you the story of the half really, with both teams showing glimpses of their potential - the visitors more than the hosts; but it's still all level between no. 18 and no. 2 in England
46' Sanchez gives the ball away with a ball straight to Shelvey - Pogba then releases Sanchez with another delightful ball, the Chilean heads it to Lukaku - a smart one - but Lukaku dawdles on the shot and it bounces off Lascelles and bounces away for a corner.
43' Young's delivery from the freekick is ridiculous - and Newcastle spring for'ard on the counter with a superb Ritchie ball that releases Kenedy. Young holds him up, and Kenedy's cross doesn't come to much. United, in turn, try to launch their own corner but Lingard's five-yard ball to Lukaku is abysmal
40' Smalling lunges in on Gayle wins nothing of the ball and gets away with it. Shelvey lunges in on Pogba, gets nothing of the ball and the ref blows for a foul. Rafa Benitez is close to self-combustion
Oh, Gayle was inside the very corner of the United box.
39' OH! Some superb football from Lukaku sees him draw Lascelles out before swinging in a lovely ball that Martial can't really get under. The header smacks into row Z
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