EPL: Newcastle 2-1 Stoke


Jamaal Lascelles headed in Newcastle United's winner for the second weekend in a row

Jamaal Lascelles scored the winning goal for the second straight weekend as Newcastle battled to a 2-1 victory over Stoke on Saturday afternoon.


Rafael Benitez was absent for the defender's heroics against Swansea last week, but the Newcastle manager returned to the dugout to witness Lascelles head the hosts to all three points in the 68th minute.

Christian Atsu's first Premier League goal had fired Newcastle ahead (19) at St James' Park, only to see Xherdan Shaqiri level the match (57) with a low 25-yard strike.
 
Newcastle's third straight victory in the Premier League sends them up to fourth, while it also hands Stoke their first defeat since the opening day of the season.
 
A bright start for Stoke came to nothing as Atsu converted Newcastle's first opportunity of the match after 19 minutes.

Matt Ritchie's cross from the corner of the penalty area swung towards the back post, and Atsu was there to beat Mame Biram Diouf to the ball and tuck it away.
 
Shaqiri then forced Rob Elliot into a stunning save - the Swiss' curled effort looked destined for the top corner before the Newcastle 'keeper got his fingertips to it.
 
A hat-trick of glorious chances fell to Joselu against his former employers either side of half-time, but the forward sent a first-time strike wide, saw Jack Butland keep out his close-range effort and then flashed his shot over after Atsu's pinpoint cross.

Stoke punished Newcastle for not putting the game beyond them when Shaqiri equalised with a low left-footed effort which sailed beyond Elliot and into the bottom corner.

Elliot then did brilliantly to deny Diouf before a big call down the other end saw Stuart Attwell dismiss Atsu's claims for a penalty after Kurt Zouma appeared to get a touch on the ball and bring the player down with one swift movement.
 
However, Newcastle's frustrations were short-lived, as Ritchie's corner was met by Lascelles, whose header took a huge deflection off Kevin Wimmer and flew beyond Butland.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting missed a great chance to level at the death, but he fired over following substitute Peter Crouch's nod down before Diouf somehow headed wide of the mark in injury time.


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