Newcastle United recorded their fourth straight Premier League win after a 2-0 victory over struggling Manchester United at Old Trafford. This was Newcastle's fourth successive victory while United are beaten for the third straight match. The result keeps the Magpies in fifth place in the table heading into January - just three points shy of a top four spot with half the campaign still to play.
Newcastle made a confident start and were 1-0 up inside just four minutes as superb build-up in the middle of the park led to Hall’s inviting cross being nodded home by Isak. Newcastle doubled their lead in similar fashion soon after, with Joelinton rising above Lisandro Martinez to bundle past Andre Onana, while only the offside flag prevented Isak from adding a third. shot marginally wide as the hosts sought a response at the other end, with Casemiro failing to hit the target from close range after a poor giveaway from Fabian Schar.
Amorim’s side continued to threaten after the break and went close to pulling a goal back when Harry Maguire struck a post just before the hour mark. Substitute Leny Yoro also headed wide from a corner as the breakthrough ultimately eluded the Red Devils, with Newcastle comfortably seeing out only a second Premier League win at Old Trafford, Premier League reports. "Alexander Isak has been really, really good.
His all round game is really strong. He can do a bit of everything. Most importantly, he needs to be in the right place at the right time to sc.