Notebook: Newcastle get revenge on Manchester United as they offload the away team early

Newcastle put on a show on Sunday when they beat Manchester United 2-0 at St James’ Park.

Second half goals from Joe Willock and Callum Wilson secured the points for Newcastle, with Erik ten Hag’s side scoring just one shot on goal.

It was a particularly devastating result for the Red Devils, with Newcastle now catapulting them into third place.

Tottenham can push United into fifth with a win over Everton on Monday, although they will play an extra game.

here, Sportsmail’s Craig Hope reviews some aspects of the match you might have missed.

Most of the fans had left the ground by the time the United fans came to applaud

Newcastle revenge

The main talking point in the press room afterwards was that, on reflection, February’s Carabao Cup final could not have come at a worse time for Newcastle. There was such an inevitability about their defeat to Manchester United that day, that they were attacked.

Here, they were red hot all over the park. Joe Willock, top scorer in the opening game, was only fit enough for 11 minutes at Wembley, while fellow top scorer Callum Wilson played 89 minutes in the final but did so with one leg.

Casemiro and Marcus Rashford scored twice in a 2-0 win but United were without the former here and may have missed the latter, so he was held back by England teammate Kieran Trippier.

Early exit for visiting masses

Rashford was among a group of United players pulled from the tunnel full-time to offer the next two dimensions a standing ovation. The only problem was that most of the fans had long ago begun to descend the seven-story building onto the ground.

The visiting team would have done well to show their appreciation following Wilson’s 88th-minute goal, before the fiery training session.

Erik ten Hag was left to regret wasting time in the first half when Newcastle tried a similar tactic after taking the lead

Mind games are back for the ten hag bite

It was no coincidence that Eric ten Hag had lunch with Sir Alex Ferguson a week before the Carabao Cup final, and engaged in mental games by calling Newcastle’s opponents “annoyers”.

He had warned the officials to be careful of their time-wasting tactics. Well, the hour on the other hand was here. As Newcastle cornered the United goal in the first half, David De Gea took a lifetime with goal kicks and Luke Shaw had a similar cross-throwing style.

Eddie Howe waved his arms in protest. It was only after the opening goal that Newcastle used those dark arts of theirs and United, unsurprisingly, weren’t happy. how annoying.

No more McTominay heroics

This looked like something of a test for Scott McTominay, given he resides somewhat on Newcastle’s list of summer targets.

The midfielder is said to like the move, too. Not that Howe sees it as No. 10, as it was posted in the first half. Did Ten Hag watch the 26-year-old score four times in two appearances for Scotland and think it would be nice to reinvent him at club level?

If so, it didn’t work. McTominay got lost and found his rhythm only when he returned to a deeper role. By that time, Newcastle was already in tight control.

Scott McTominay has failed to match his heroism in the international break

Toon headed to Europe

“What?” Howe said when asked by Sportsmail about the Champions League next. Naively, we repeated the question. But the Newcastle coach has made his point clear – he is not yet ready to get into conversations about finishing fourth in the top places.

He’ll have to soon enough, since his team has finished third and looks like they’ve found their best form just in time for the match.

Bookmakers are now making them likely to play in the Champions League next season. See, our question wasn’t that silly.