Newcastle Beat West Brom To Hand Joe Kinnear A Welcome Tonic
Three first-half goals by Newcastle secured the visitors three points and ensured more misery for bottom side West Brom. West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Newcastle United
Struggling West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United went head-to-head at the Hawthorns knowing that anything other than a win was of little use to either side.
Yet prior to kick off the visitors were rocked by the news that manager Joe Kinnear had been taken to hospital after complaining of feeling ill.
In Kinnear’s absence, Newcastle assistant Chris Hughton took charge of the team, yet the Magpies showed no ill-effects on the pitch, taking the lead within two minutes.
A Kevin Nolan ball should have been cleared by Leon Barnett but the defender missed his clearance, which allowed Damien Duff through and the Republic of Ireland international slotted home to hand the visitors the perfect start.
Yet their lead was short-lived and Albion were back on level terms almost immediately after more slack defending, this time from the visitors.
Albion new boy Marc-Antoine Fortune turned Steven Taylor far too easily, and left him on the floor, before beating Steve Harper for an instant response.
The goals didn’t stop there, however, and just shy of the 10 minute mark Newcastle were ahead once again, in a frenetic start at the Hawthorns.
Once again the Albion defence was to blame, a long range shot from Ryan Taylor was poorly cleared by the home side allowing Peter Lovenkrands to open his Newcastle account and put the visitors back in front.
With both defences struggling to find any sort of cohesion there always looked to be more goals and minutes before the break, the visitors managed to put some breathing space between themselves and Albion.
A Ryan Taylor corner found his namesake Steven at the far post, and the defender managed to head home, despite Meite being on the line, to hand the Magpies a two goal advantage at the break.
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray opted to change things at half-time as he searched for a way back into the game.
On came Felipe Teixeira and Roman Bednar with Do-heon Kim and Chris Brunt making way as Albion upped their attacking options.
Yet unlike the first half, the second period began slowly although Albion did carve out an excellent chance just shy of the hour mark.
A superb through-ball by Borja Valero sent James Morrison scurrying clear through but Steve Harper was alive to the chance and did well to block the effort.
However, with a little over 20 minutes to go Albion did make the breakthrough to set up a grandstand finish at the Hawthorns.
Some great work by Teixeria on the edge of the box eventually saw the Portugese player set up Fortune, who finished well to hand the Baggies some hope.
The goal inspired the hosts and Mowbray threw on Luke Moore as he sought desperately to grab a point that had looked so unlikely for the majority of the afternoon.
Yet aside from a half-chance by Morrison, the home side couldn’t find a third goal and Newcastle hung on for a vital away victory.
In Kinnear’s absence, Newcastle assistant Chris Hughton took charge of the team, yet the Magpies showed no ill-effects on the pitch, taking the lead within two minutes.
A Kevin Nolan ball should have been cleared by Leon Barnett but the defender missed his clearance, which allowed Damien Duff through and the Republic of Ireland international slotted home to hand the visitors the perfect start.
Yet their lead was short-lived and Albion were back on level terms almost immediately after more slack defending, this time from the visitors.
Albion new boy Marc-Antoine Fortune turned Steven Taylor far too easily, and left him on the floor, before beating Steve Harper for an instant response.
The goals didn’t stop there, however, and just shy of the 10 minute mark Newcastle were ahead once again, in a frenetic start at the Hawthorns.
Once again the Albion defence was to blame, a long range shot from Ryan Taylor was poorly cleared by the home side allowing Peter Lovenkrands to open his Newcastle account and put the visitors back in front.
With both defences struggling to find any sort of cohesion there always looked to be more goals and minutes before the break, the visitors managed to put some breathing space between themselves and Albion.
A Ryan Taylor corner found his namesake Steven at the far post, and the defender managed to head home, despite Meite being on the line, to hand the Magpies a two goal advantage at the break.
West Brom boss Tony Mowbray opted to change things at half-time as he searched for a way back into the game.
On came Felipe Teixeira and Roman Bednar with Do-heon Kim and Chris Brunt making way as Albion upped their attacking options.
Yet unlike the first half, the second period began slowly although Albion did carve out an excellent chance just shy of the hour mark.
A superb through-ball by Borja Valero sent James Morrison scurrying clear through but Steve Harper was alive to the chance and did well to block the effort.
However, with a little over 20 minutes to go Albion did make the breakthrough to set up a grandstand finish at the Hawthorns.
Some great work by Teixeria on the edge of the box eventually saw the Portugese player set up Fortune, who finished well to hand the Baggies some hope.
The goal inspired the hosts and Mowbray threw on Luke Moore as he sought desperately to grab a point that had looked so unlikely for the majority of the afternoon.
Yet aside from a half-chance by Morrison, the home side couldn’t find a third goal and Newcastle hung on for a vital away victory.
West Brom: Carson, Hoefkens, Barnett, Meite, Robinson, Kim (Teixeira, 46) Koren, Borja Valero (Moore, 81), Brunt (Bednar, 46), Morrison, Fortune.
Newcastle: Harper, Steven Taylor, Bassong, Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Ryan Taylor, Nolan, Butt, Duff, Ameobi (Viduka, 79), Lovenkrands (Xisco, 90).
GOALS
2-3 West Bromwich Albion (Mar-Antoine Fortune, 73)
1-3 Newcastle United (Taylor, 42)
1-2 Newcastle United (Lovenkrands, 9)
1-1 West Bromwich Albion (Fortune, 4)
0-1 Newcastle United (Duff, 2)
2-3 West Bromwich Albion (Mar-Antoine Fortune, 73)
1-3 Newcastle United (Taylor, 42)
1-2 Newcastle United (Lovenkrands, 9)
1-1 West Bromwich Albion (Fortune, 4)
0-1 Newcastle United (Duff, 2)
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