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2¹ A corner fell to DE TOMÁS who flicked an effort inches wide. 4¹ TELLO booked. 9¹ A poor shot from DEPAY bounced agonisingly wide. 19¹ A cross from MURPHY left ANTONY in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 21¹ CHIESA shot wide. 26¹ SEFEROVIC hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area. 32¹ DEPAY poked an easy chance past the righthand post. 41¹ GOAL!! A beautiful inswinging corner was forced in at the near post by TELLO. (1-0 Macclesfield FC) 44¹ The stunned KEPA was a mere bystander as a backpass from PAREDES fell just over. 3² GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled NUNO MENDES to dribble through the Macclesfield FC defence and score. (1-1) 6² GOAL!! A mishit clearance dropped to TELLO who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily VAN DE VEN was on hand to blast the ball into the net. (2-1 Macclesfield FC) 12² GOAL!! Some fine work by MURPHY on the right, left NUNO MENDES yards clear, and he raced past KEPA and drove the ball into the net. (2-2) 15² The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate drive from Newcastle United's ANTONY. 19² The Newcastle United 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort. 20² GORETZKA beat TELLO and drilled the ball to SESKO who toe-poked his shot wide. 21² GOAL!! Newcastle United were awarded a penalty after a foul on CHIESA and DEPAY put it past the Macclesfield FC 'keeper. (3-2 Newcastle United) 24² LLORENTE whacked a left foot shot just beyond the far post from just outside the area. 26² DEPAY made space on the right and dragged the ball to SESKO who rasped the ball over. 34² A shot from DE TOMÁS held little difficulty for the 'keeper. 34² ANTONY knocked the ball to PEMBÉLÉ who fired it over the bar. 36² NUNO MENDES's header was well saved by KEPA. 46² NUNO MENDES given a yellow card for a high foul on VIDAL.

Newcastle United   League position: 17 Home league form: XWXW Overall league form: XLXWXLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Jude SMITH 6½ 1 6  KEPA Arrizabalaga Timothée PEMBÉLÉ 6½ 2 7½ Noussair MAZRAOUI NUNO Alexandre MENDES 6½ 3 6  Mickey VAN DE VEN Leon GORETZKA 7½ 4 6  Leandro PAREDES (c)Fabian SCHÄR 5½ 5 6½ Kevin DANSO GONÇALO Bernardo INÁCIO 6  6 6  Diego LLORENTE Jacob MURPHY 6½ 7 7  Arturo VIDAL(c) Federico CHIESA 7  8 6½ Cristian TELLO (p)Memphis DEPAY 6½ 9 7  Raúl DE TOMÁS(p) (f)ANTONY Matheus 7  10 7  JAVI MARTÍNEZ(f) Benjamin SESKO 7  11 6  Haris SEFEROVIC Manager Franck KESSIÉ    12    Martín MONTOYA Mark GILLESPIE    13    Édouard MENDY Brian BROBBEY 7  14 6½ Lucas ROMERO Maurits KJÆRGAARD 7  15    John KITOLANO Kalvin PHILLIPS    16    Marko LIVAJA

Macclesfield FC   League position: 4 Away league form: XLWX Overall league form: XWLWWWXX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Newcastle United 3 Macclesfield FC 2 (Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 41,424, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Andy Woolmer 7½) Nuno Mendes 3², Nuno Mendes 12², Depay 21² (pen) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Tello 41¹, van de Ven 6² SchäróKjærgaard 12², MurphyóBrobbey 12² Javi MartínezóRomero 2²     Nuno Mendes 46² Tello 4¹ 2 6 10 18 7 6 9 5 12 6 21 11 6 3 52% 48% ¶ Man of the match: Noussair Mazraoui ¶