“The first half we were out of the game in terms of intensity, we were losing all the duels, and if you don’t win the ball you can’t win the game”. Guzan tipped Mitrovic’s looping header over the crossbar and, from the resulting corner, Coloccini easily broke free from a static Villa defence to bundle into the bottom right-hand corner, his first goal since November 2014.
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Newcastle looked to maintain their recent upturn in form – with two wins from two – and Villa looked doomed, rooted to the bottom of the spot with six points from 20 matches, which as a win ratio, was second to everyone.
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30′ – CISSE HEADER – Janmaat curls an excellent cross to the back post, Cisse is in space. Wijnaldum held up a flawless cross from the left flank, but, with the goal gaping, De Jong nodded wide inside the penalty area.
Aston Villa began the day eights points from safety and ended it 10 points off, but this could hardly be described as even close to their worst day of the season.
And in the end, Newcastle were indebted to Elliot for a fine save to keep out Rudy Gestede’s header in the closing minutes.
Villa appeared energised by the goal and started to push for a crucial victor.
The Ghanaian turned on the edge of the box before curling an exquisite right-footed shot into the top corner.
They are on a woeful 16-game winless run in the league, the longest streak without a victory in Villa’s history. They were hard, difficult conditions.
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In a tepid opening that produced few chances, Newcastle, unchanged from last weekend’s dramatic last-gasp win at Tottenham, saw Georginio Wijnaldum shoot into the side-netting from a tight angle. It was a system that worked for 40 minutes until they were undone by a set-piece, but once they started to throw men forward in the second half they were a real threat and eventually reaped the benefits to come away with a tremendous result. It wasn’t a classic performance in a poor match, but it was still the best.
