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Commentary
GUTIÉRREZ's shot was well saved by the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
A pin-point pass bobbled toward GUTIÉRREZ and his looping shot floated narrowly wide.
FORSTER dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Cruz Azul's JELAVIC.
10¹A lovely cross from SUÁREZ was nudged goalbound by JELAVIC only for the 'keeper to claw away.
13¹A penalty box scramble resulted in GUTIÉRREZ knocking the ball wide.
15¹BARTON beat PEREIRA and whacked the ball to GUTIÉRREZ who toe-poked his effort wide.
18¹JELAVIC played the ball to ROBBEN who touched it over the bar.
26¹TORRADO scuffed a simple chance.
27¹JELAVIC headed inches over.
31¹BEST beat three Cruz Azul players and fired a golden opportunity over.
32¹The hapless Newcastle United 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from GUTIÉRREZ dropped just over.
34¹A shot from LØVENKRANDS was headed off the line by JAGIELKA.
35¹A useful ball from SAMUEL on the left fell to ROBBEN who mishit his shot over.
37¹GOAL!! A shot from TORRADO deflected off the head of MARCANO and bobbled past the helpless Newcastle United 'keeper and into the net. (1-0 Cruz Azul)
44¹BEST made space on the right and dragged the ball to GUTIÉRREZ who rasped the ball wide.
GUTIÉRREZ was put clear by MARCANO and he nutmegged IRAIZOZ but thrust his shot over the bar.
A free-kick from TORRADO floated wide.
10²A corner was collected by GUTIÉRREZ who headed the ball inches over.
18²GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by WILLIAMSON for BARTON to score. (1-1)
22²A perfect shot from GUTIÉRREZ was dealt with by a useful block from the Cruz Azul 'keeper.
30²ROBBEN waltzed round GUTIÉRREZ and flicked a weak shot over.
34²ROBBEN stroked an easy chance past the near post.
37²An exceptional effort from ROBBEN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
39²ROBBEN ran onto a wonderful ball from SUÁREZ but hit his shot wide.
44²A mix up in the Newcastle United defence enabled SAMUEL to thump the ball over.

 
Cruz Azul
 
League position: 5
Home league form: WXWW
Overall league form: LWWWXWXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Gorka IRAIZOZ1Fraser FORSTER
Alessandro NESTA2Steven TAYLOR
Álvaro PEREIRA3Iván MARCANO
Óscar DE MARCOS4RÔMULO Borges
Walter SAMUEL5Fabricio COLOCCINI(c)
Phil JAGIELKA6Mike WILLIAMSON
Luis SUÁREZ7Ryan TAYLOR
Arjen ROBBEN8Jonás GUTIÉRREZ
(p)Nikica JELAVIC9Leon BEST(p)
(f)Gerardo TORRADO10Joey BARTON(f)
(c)Antonio DI NATALE11Peter LØVENKRANDS
Manager
Marouane FELLAINI  12  Wayne ROUTLEDGE
José CORONA  13  Ole SÖDERBERG
Christian GIMÉNEZ14Marco PEREZ
PACO ALCÁCER  15  Kevin NOLAN
SUSO  16  Diego CONTENTO
 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 7
Away league form: LLLW
Overall league form: WLLXLWLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Cruz Azul 1 Newcastle United 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,756, Stadium: Azul, Referee: Gerd Grabher 7½)

Marcano 37¹ (og)
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Barton 18²
JelavicóGiménez 30²ColoccinióPerez 18²
  
  
63
67
52
34
117
1411
23
49%51%
Man of the match: Óscar de Marcos