Newcastle Finally Win First League Game Of Season

Newcastle have finally won their first Premier League game of the season, beating Burnley by a single goal at St James’ Park after going 14 without victory prior to kick-off.

Magpies boss Eddie Howe will hope this will be the catalyst for an improved run, while Clarets counterpart Sean Dyche will be disappointed his team didn’t give a better account of themselves.

Callum Wilson was the hero of the day for Newcastle, getting the only goal late in the first half.

Neither side had done much to test the respective goalkeepers in the first period and it took an error for the breakthrough to come in the final few minutes before half-time when Nick Pope crucially spilled a speculative lofted cross from the left.

As the ball ran away from the frantic Burley stopper, Wilson nipped in, created an angle for himself and fired clinically into the roof of the net, evading the efforts of the defender on the line.

Newcastle continued to rack up attempts on goal after the interval, mostly missing the target, but Pope partially made amends for his mistake by saving to deny Allan Saint-Maximin and Miguel Almiron to keep the deficit at just a single goal.

The lack of a second goal made Newcastle’s narrow lead a little precarious and they survived a late scare when Burnley substitute Jay Rodriguez put the ball in the net, only to be flagged offside.

The final whistle brought a huge sigh of relief at St James’ Park.

The Newcastle win sees the team in 19th place with ten points

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