Newcastle vs Man United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

“There’s not much to assess, we lost the game,” he told Sky Sports. “In the first half we did good, in the second half we couldn’t keep up the way we wanted to play.

“We know that it’s been a tough season, nothing to add to that. Our position in the table is not where this club belongs, but unfortunately we are not getting the results. We need to look forward as we have a big game coming up, we need to clear our heads and go for it.

“We are in this position because we have not been consistent in the performances we put out. We lack being more fearless, being more brave. Today was not the case because we ended up conceding goals by trying to be brave.

“It’s easy to criticise because this club has never suffered like this, so it’s normal. You have to be aware you play for United and criticism will be there.”

“I understand but I don’t care,” he told Premier League Productions. “Nothing is worse than losing games.

“People can say whatever they want to say. I don’t want to defend myself or anything like that. If you look at our position in the table, it says it all.

“Thursday is really important. Losing games is the hardest part by far of this job. Let’s focus on Thursday.”

“When we went to the pitch we said we will play for him (Howe),” Bruno Guimaraes told Premier League Productions after full-time.

“He has been part of our success, he’s been unbelievable for us. We missed him on the training ground this week.

“Hopefully it gave him happiness and he’s back for the next game. It’s been a tough week for him.”

Manchester United’s league form this season has been so bad that their remaining domestic fixtures, with a sensational relegation avoided, pale in insignificance in comparison to their efforts on the continent.

It appears bursting the Newcastle positivity bubble is going to take some doing, with Harvey Barnes’ double inspiring the buoyant hosts, who celebrated tackles with a jubilant St James’s as if they were goals, to a fifth successive win in all competitions.

Full report from St James’s Park, courtesy of Pete Hall:

Altay Bayindir could have stamped his mark as the man who should be starting in between the sticks for United after Andre Onana was left out of the squad.

Not to be for the Turkish international.

A brutal assessment of Ruben Amorim’s side from the United legend.

Newcastle regain their place in the top four with an emphatic win over Manchester United, whose Premier League woes continue.

Sandro Tonali got the Magpies on their way before Alejandro Garnacho pegged them back before the break with a tidy counter-attack goal.

However, it was all Newcastle after the break, with a Harvey Barnes brace being added to by a simple finish by Bruno Guimaraes, capitalising on another goalkeeping error for United.

90+4 mins: Hojlund drives into the box and despite having men with him, he goes himself and sees his shot deflected out for a corner.

90+2 mins: Two minutes into the five added on.

Fair play to the travelling supporters, they’re staying in full voice – well, the ones that have stuck around this long are.