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Newcastle United hosted Aston Villa with both teams in need of the 3 points even though Newcastle is in more of a dire situation than Villa.
Newcastle United started well when Gayle laid a pass for Fraiser who struck his half-volley shot that was comfortably saved by the goalkeeper. In response as well, El Ghazi found space at the edge of the box to put his side level but the effort didn't threaten the goalkeeper at all.
Trezeguet had a lovely chance too when he dribbled his way into the box. His effort was good but not good enough to beat the goalkeeper and find the back of the net. Konsa missed a wonderful chance for Villa when an indirect freekick found him only to head his effort off the target.
There was nothing to separate the two sides and the first half ended on that note. They tried to get ahead but there was no moment of magic to unlock it and break the deadlock.
Villa almost scored an own goal too if not for the awareness of the goalkeeper. Joelinton has a wonderful chance with a lovely cutback into the box but the threat was quickly nullified by the Villa defence.
Murphy had a golden chance in the box when he brilliantly produced a wonderful finish. It beat the goalkeeper but it didn't beat the post because it struck the crossbar instead, much to the relief of Aston Villa.
Just when you thought the game is over and they would both settle for a point, Ollie Watkins got on the end of a lovely and inviting cross into the box, he expertly gave a diving header which came of Clark and the ball found its way into the back of the net in the 86th minute via the help of the post. Villa was in dreamland at this point in the game.
Newcastle United lost possession of the ball late in the end too and Douglas Luiz had a quick shot, hoping to catch the goalkeeper off his goal. He did it brilliantly and missed by just a small margin. What a goal that would have been from that kind of range.
Villa bombarded Newcastle United late on when substitute, Ross Barkley found El Ghazi at the edge of the box. The ball was brilliantly saved by the goalkeeper and it fell to Barkley again who laid it off for McGuinn but his straight shot was down the middle, comfortable for the goalkeeper to save.
Murphy gave Villa a goalmouth scramble to deal with when he found his way into the box and his flash across the face of the goal caused panic for Villa defence. That immediately initiated a counter from Villa, led by Barkley. He did well to find Watkins inside the box and he went for power rather than placement and his effort was pushed away by the goalkeeper. It wouldn't have counted anyway since he was flagged for offside afterwards.
Newcastle United shocked Villa who thought they had won it right at the dead when Lascelles connected with a good deliver with a brilliant header from Murphy in the 4th minute of the added time. The game ended 1-1 and both teams would have wanted to win this but settled for a point each.
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