Shearer Saves the Day!


By Matthew Jones
October 22 2003

Newcastle United last night stormed back from 2-0 down to beat Fulham 3-2 in London, thanks to two goals and an assist from striker ALAN SHEARER! Newcastle United last night stormed back from 2-0 down to beat Fulham 3-2 in London.

The Cottagers jumped to a 2-0 lead at Loftus Road through Newcastle old-boys Lee Clark and Louis Saha, before Alan Shearer scored twice and created the another for French winger Laurent Robert in a thrilling second-half.

Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson was over the moon at the comeback, and said: "Alan was awesome. He was marvellous and quite magnificent.

"He won a lot of balls in the air, held it up well, had a lot of movement and scored two goals and made the first.

"But the goals are just part of the story as his overall display was outstanding.

"He is a strong personality. He is 33, has kept his fitness and he is very mobile. He scored two and made the first.

"But when you are two-down and win 3-2 away you have had fine displays from all your players.

"We were 2-0 down and they were very much in control. The first goal came at the right time for us. We said at half-time we could win it and had masses of enthusiasm."

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