AL-Tastic as Newcastle grab win


By Peter Donnelly
January 11 2003

Newcastle closed the gap on Everton and Liverpool in the table this Saturday afternoon, as Alan Shearer's 82nd minute header earned The Magpies their second away win this season. Newcastle: Given, Griffin, O'Brien, Hughes, Bernard, Solano, Jenas, Dyer, Robert, Shearer, Bellamy.
Subs: Harper, Acuna, Ameobi, LuaLua, S Caldwell.

Aaron Hughes moved into centre-back to partner Andy O'Brien before kick-off with Olivier Bernard keeping his place at left-back. Jermaine Jenas took Gary Speed's place in midfield next to Kieron Dyer.

In the first-half there were a few hairy moments when two dodgy backpasses put Shay Given into action, saving well firstly from Darius Vassell and then Lee Hendrie.

But in the second half Newcastle took more control of the game and enjoyed more possesion than the home team. But just before Shearer's goal Juan Pablo Angel hit the cross bar after beating Given.

The game looked like being a 0-0 draw but Shearer capitilised on Andy Griffin's good cross to convert home.

Newcastle stay sixth and the win puts us one point behind Everton in fifth and three behind fourth placed Liverpool.

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