Local boy Matty Longstaff was the hero as he scored on his Newcastle debut to pile more misery on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United with a 1-0 win at St James' Park.
Steve Bruce hadn't beaten United in 22 attempts as a manager but felt he had his best chance given the poor form that the Red Devils had been displaying of late - although a 5-0 hammering at Leicester was hardly top form for Newcastle themselves.
There was also the fact that United had gone 10 away games without a win, and in fact had not won on the road since their Champions League epic in Paris - a game which seems a million miles away after yet another frustrating road trip.
With all the various dramas going on around Newcastle, the team showed a great response to last week as they were bright from the start, and posed most of the attacking questions throughout the match as Solskjaer's side again struggled to find any cohesion or rhythm going forward.
🙌 What a moment for Matt Longstaff!
— Sporting Life Football (@SportingLifeFC) October 6, 2019
🚀 The youngest player (19 years, 199 days) to score on his #EPL debut for #NUFC and what a way to do it...#NUFC #NEWMUN pic.twitter.com/LiknRslH8d
The livewire Allan Saint-Maximin was looking dangerous with his pace from the off, and went close with a 12-minute effort, while Miguel Almiron really should've done better when he dithered on the ball when looking clean through.
The fact Andreas Pereira only notched United's first shot on target four minutes before half time told its own story and Martin Dubravka was in truth rarely tested in the Newcastle goal.
Even when the visitors managed to get a golden chance, Harry Maguire wasted it when he some missed a free header from a corner when it looked harder to miss the target.
The breakthrough came with just 17 minutes left when the speedy Saint-Maximin burst clear, laid the ball off for Jetro Willems who squared for Longstaff to fire home a crisp low drive beyond David De Gea.
Newcastle 1-0 Man Utd Highlights
Man Utd's away day woes
Man Utd are now 11 games without a win away from Old Trafford since beating PSG in March.
- Mar 10: (L) Arsenal 2-0 - Premier League
- Mar 16: (L) Wolves 2-1 - FA Cup
- Apr 2: (L) Wolves 2-1 - Premier League
- Apr 16: (L) Barcelona 3-0 - Champions League
- Apr 21: (L) Everton 4-0 - Premier League
- May 5: (D) Huddersfield 1-1 - Premier League
- Aug 19: (D) Wolves 1-1 - Premier League
- Aug 31: (D) Southampton 1-1 - Premier League
- Sep 22: (L) West Ham 2-0 - Premier League
- Oct 3: (D) AZ Alkmaar 0-0 - Europa League
- Oct 6: (L) Newcastle 1-0 - Premier League
Newcastle United 1-0 Manchester United Opta stats
- Newcastle boss Steve Bruce registered his first ever win against Man Utd as a manager in all competitions, in what was his 23rd attempt (W1 D5 L17).
- Man Utd have won just nine points from their eight Premier League games this season – their lowest total after the first eight games of a league season since 1989-90 (8 pts).
- Man Utd are winless in their last eight away league games (D3 L5) – their longest such run in the top-flight since September 1989 (11 games).
- Steve Bruce took charge of his 400th Premier League game, the seventh manager to reach this milestone. He’s only the fourth manager to win on his 400th game in the competition (also David Moyes, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger).
- Manchester United have won just two of their last 13 Premier League games (D5 L6).
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won his first nine away games in all competitions as Man Utd manager, since then he’s won none of his last 11 (D4 L7).
- Matt Longstaff became the youngest player to score on his Premier League debut for Newcastle United (19y 199d).
- Newcastle’s Matt Longstaff became the second youngest player to score a winning goal against Man U in the Premier League, after Jermain Defoe (19y 62d in December 2001 for West Ham).
- No Man Utd player had more touches in the opposition box (4) or attempted more shots (3) versus Newcastle than defender Harry Maguire.
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