Newcastle thrashed Crystal Palace 5-0 on Wednesday (April 17, 2025) for its second huge win in 4 days and climbed to third place in the Premier League.
Four of the targets got here in the primary half at St. James’ Park, by means of Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes, Fabian Schar in addition to an unlucky own-goal by Marc Guehi. Sandwiched between them was a lazily taken penalty for Palace by Eberechi Eze that was saved by Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Alexander Isak added a fifth purpose in the 58th minute — for his twenty first of the marketing campaign — as Newcastle adopted up its 4-1 hammering of Manchester United on Sunday to make it six wins in a row in all competitions. That streak included a victory over Liverpool in the English League Cup remaining for a primary main trophy in 70 years.
Newcastle jumped above Nottingham Forest and inside 4 factors of second-place Arsenal, and appears in fine condition for a return to the Champions League subsequent season. The Premier League may have 5 representatives and Newcastle is 5 factors away from sixth-place Chelsea with six video games remaining.
The dominant show may have made for good viewing for Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe, who’s recovering in the hospital after being recognized with pneumonia.
Howe additionally missed the Man United match — and Newcastle is doing simply nice with out him in the meanwhile.
“Everyone has shared texts with him (Howe) and he is on the highway to restoration,” said Murphy, who had the goal of the night with a fierce, rising drive from an acute angle to set Newcastle on its way.
“We’re missing him but once again I think we put a performance in that he’d be really proud of.” Palace conceded five goals for the second straight game, having lost 5-2 at Manchester City on Saturday.
“We’ve changed nothing but things aren’t working anymore,” Palace manager Oliver Glasner said. “We have to be very honest — we’re Crystal Palace and if we don’t perform at our top level, Newcastle and Manchester City are better than us.” Things might have been different had Eze converted the penalty — awarded after Pope missed the ball when attempting to punch clear and barged into Palace defender Chris Richards — when the score was 1-0.
Instead, Pope went the right way and flopped on Eze’s weak spot kick.
“When he scores, no one says anything,” Guehi said of Eze. “It occurs. We simply have to move on.”
Published – April 17, 2025 10:44 am IST
