skysports - 11/6/2025 12:03:06 AM - GMT (+2 )
Dan Burn’s stunning header helped Newcastle to a 2-0 home win over Athletic Club to move them into the top eight of the Champions League table.
Burn's wonderful 11th-minute curling header and Joelinton's close-range effort immediately after half-time gave Newcastle a third straight win in the competition.
There was a sour note in the victory, with Anthony Gordon forced off with a first-half injury.
The forward had also come off injured during Sunday's dismal Premier League defeat at West Ham, which Eddie Howe's side gave the perfect response to at St James' Park on Wednesday.
Burn said Newcastle would have to rediscover the "ugly" side of the game following that loss at the Hammers - but there was nothing ugly about his opener as he beautifully bent a header home from Kieran Trippier's free-kick.
Athletic Club, without influential brothers Inaki and Nico Williams, did carry a first-half threat as the Spanish side hit the post twice in the space of 41 seconds.
Team news
- Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes passed a late fitness test to start after he trained away from the group on Tuesday because of illness.
- Toon boss Eddie Howe made two changes from Sunday's defeat at West Ham as Kieran Trippier and Harvey Barnes came in for the benched Emil Krafth and Jacob Murphy.
Nick Woltemade and Joelinton wasted good chances to double the Magpies' lead just before half-time.
But the latter made up for his miss when he nodded home from Harvey Barnes' cross just four minutes after the restart.
Newcastle then took their foot off the gas as Nick Pope made two good saves to deny substitute Nico Serrano, ensuring a third straight Champions League clean sheet.
The Toon's win moves them up to sixth in the Champions League table, and their attentions now turn to Sunday's trip to Brentford - live on Sky Sports - where they will aim for a first away league win of the season.
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