LIVE Newcastle – PSV, with Dennis Man announced starter in the Champions League

Dennis Man was the starter and played for 62 minutes. He was exchanged for Esmir Bajraktarevic. The first two goals came on the back of huge blunders.

Huge blunders in PSV's defense, Newcastle charged them twice: Dennis Man, absent in the first half

PSV started on the offensive, trying to break the hosts' defense on Trippier's side. Peter Bosz's men pressed in the opening minutes, but Newcastle went up the lines and began to put pressure, especially in the area of ​​Gasiorowski and goalkeeper Kovar, footballers who did not catch a good day.

Dennis Man was not looked for in the first minutes of the game, PSV's play flowed more on the left flank. Newcastle's aggressive pressing paid off in the 8th minute: Kovar made the wrong clearance, Bruno Guimaraes made a perfect stop, passed in space to Joelinton, and the Brazilian served Wissa with a pass that was not at all aesthetic. The top of Newcastle did not forgive and sent the ball into the goal.

Dennis Man was first seen around the 13 minute mark when he forced a through, but Newcastle's defenders pushed him towards the touch and the Romanian dropped the ball out of bounds.

Terrible night for Gasiorowski and Kovar

PSV struggled to create chances, Newcastle showed too much defensive solidity for “wingers” Perisic and Man. The Dutch tried to create through the middle and pressurize the English mistake, but were uninspired in attack, with Dennis Man trying to squeeze as much as possible into the center. After the first 30 minutes, the statistics showed zero for shots, shots on goal and corners for the Dutch. Instead, they had only one touch in the opposing box.

The mistake came, instead, in the Dutch defense in the 30th minute: Gasiorowski wanted to pass to Kovar, in a phase that did not announce anything, but did not give intensity to the ball, Wissa “pinched” the ball and passed to Gordon, alone with an empty goal. Newcastle began to smell blood and let the attacks go.

PSV woke up towards the end of the first half, but Newcastle's defence, often with two lines, prevented the Dutch from not only to create danger, but to step into it. The low defensive block prepared by Eddie Howe paid off, and at the end of the first half PSV recorded the first shot on goal through Wanner, after a Dennis Man execution on the lawn in the 45+4th minute. Newcastle, on the other hand, although with a 2-0 advantage on the table, lost Bruno Guimaraes, who was injured.

PSV, numb and in the second half! Dennis Man, substituted in the 62nd minute: saw Barnes' gem from the bench

In the second half, PSV came out still numb. Peter Bosz's team tried to bite, but without teeth. They tried a few attacks, again in the center, but without great success and without great emotions for the fans of “Cotofene”. Peter Bosz, in an attempt to get speed on the flanks, replaced both wings in the 62nd minute, Dennis Man and Ivan Perisic, but the result was not what was hoped for.

In just three minutes Harvey Barnes weaved his way through the Dutch defense and beat Kovar with a shot from the box. After this moment, PSV fell completely. “Coțofenele” tried to strike again through the new entrant Woltemade in the 75th minute, but Kovar caught. From this point in the game, the tempo settled down and the two teams played a lot in midfield. One shot on target and one corner for PSV at St James's Park.

The standings in the Champions League

These three points are very precious for Newcastle. Today's victory moved them up to 7th place in the Champions League standings, thus a direct qualification place in the round of 16. PSV have dropped to 22nd and are trembling for a place in the play-offs.

FINAL » Newcastle – PSV 3-0

• Min. 65: Barnes scores for 3-0. The winger from Newcastle paraded through the defense of the Dutch and beat Kovar

• Min. 62: Dennis Man was replaced by Peter Bosz. Bajraktarevic entered his place. The other winger, Ivan Perisic, was replaced with Driouech

• Min. 54: PSV is more present in attack. Dennis Man was looked for by a defender with a diagonal but Hall got in his face

• Start in the second half!

• Break on St James's Park! Man, like the Dutch attack, was invisible in the first act. Only one shot on goal for PSV in the first half, coming in the last minute of stoppage time

• Min. 45+4: Dennis Man tried some action of his own, but shot wide from long range

• Min. 45+2: Bruno Guimaraes has been replaced. Lewis Miley replaced him

• Min. 44: Salah-Eddine has medical problems. He was replaced by Obispo

• Min. 40: Veerman shot from long range but over Pope's goal

• Min. 38: Bruno Guimaraes injured his ankle. He received medical attention and returned to the field. He could be changed at halftime.

• Min. 30: Anthony Gordon scored after a big mistake by Gasiorowski in defence: he wanted to pass back to Kovar but it was wrong, Wissa guessed the moment and passed to the Newcastle defender

• Min. 29: Dennis Man escaped down the aisle, but was hit by Hall. The Romanian football player lay on the gas for a few dozen seconds, but got up

• Min. 27: Joey Veerman needed medical attention after a hard tackle from Bruno Guimaraes

• Min. 13: First action for Dennis Man. The Romanian sprinted down the right flank, but was stopped by Newcastle's defenders

• Min. 8: Wissa opened the scoring at St James's Park! The goal came after an error by the goalkeeper Kovar: the goalkeeper made a weak clearance, Bruno Guimaraes recovered, passed to Joelinton, and the Brazilian left Wissa in the ideal position. The goal is checked by VAR.

• Min. 5: After a few minutes of PSV trying to attack on the flank, Newcastle put on the pressure and came close to scoring. Anthony Gordon shot across goal from a good position. Dennis Man was not seen at the moment, apart from one moment when he was dribbled in the opposition half

• Game start!

Newcastle – PSV, the starting teams

Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope – Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall – Gruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton – Barnes, Wissa, Gordon
reserves: Elanga, Miley, A. Murphy, Neave, Ramsdale, J. Ramsey, Shahar, M. Thompson, J. Willock, Woltemade
Coach: Eddie Howe

PSV (4-3-3): Kovar – Sildillia, Schouten, Gasiorowski, Salah-Eddine – Wanner, Mauro Junior, Veerman –HandTil, Perisic
reserves: Bajraktarevic, Driouech, N. Fernandez, Flamingo, Obispo, Schiks, Smolenaars, van den Berg, Verkooijen
Coach: Peter Bosz

Referee: Daniel Siebert
Stadium: St James' Park