This was the perfect tonic for ailing Eddie Howe, a ruthless Newcastle United performance that would have had their high priest of intensity purring in his hospital bed.
Ruben Amorim’s team were woeful, showing a few signs of life in the very early stages but barely laying a glove of Newcastle. Manuel Ugarte summed it up when he appeared to be spoiling for a fight with Joelinton when the Brazil midfielder was taken off on 86 minutes. Perhaps if Ugarte had got a bit closer to him in the preceding hour and a half his team might not have been quite so shown up at St James’ Park.
Their display hummed with intensity, energy and aggression. Joelinton was sensational again as Sandro Tonali – who scored an absolute peach of an opening goal – pulled the strings in one-sided midfield battle.
"It was BEAUTIFUL to watch if you're a Newcastle fan"
Alexander Isak with an lovely assist matched by a brilliant finish from Sandro Tonali pic.twitter.com/Qw5cV0vqU6
It was a game to highlight the different trajectories these two clubs seem to on at the moment. Manchester United once made a habit of rolling over Newcastle at St James’ Park but this was a third successive home win for the Magpies and probably the easiest of the lot.
Perhaps they now understand the system they are meant to be playing but that doesn’t mean it’s a good one. Mistakes coughed up two goals for Newcastle – Noussair Mazraoui dispossessed as Harvey Barnes scored with a brilliant counter-attack before debutant Altay Biyindir chipped the ball into a onrushing Joelinton to supply Bruno Guimaraes for a fourth – but this wasn’t a case of errors undermining an otherwise good performance. It just underlined their total inferiority.
Could Newcastle respond? Their riposte was emphatic as Barnes scored twice in a second half display so dominant it barely felt like a fair fight.
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