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11¹A free-kick from CARRICK went over the bar.
15¹GOAL!! Uncertainty between MIGUEL and HOWARD allowed NANI to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
18¹GOAL!! A tackle from VARELA gave Newcastle United a free-kick twenty-five yards out which AGBONLAHOR thundered past the 'keeper. (2-0 Newcastle United)
19¹GIVEN saved a beautiful shot from CAREW.
20¹The 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from NANI.
21¹Uncertainty in the Espanyol defence enabled BENT to hit the ball over.
24¹NANI was put clear by CARRAGHER and he beat HOWARD but glanced his shot over the bar.
26¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Newcastle United 'keeper.
35¹The Newcastle United 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing shot.
36¹A corner fell to GERRARD who nodded an effort inches wide.
38¹The Espanyol 'keeper saved a refined shot from KEANE.
39¹An exceptional shot from ROSICKÝ was dealt with by a fine parry from GIVEN.
The bemused Espanyol 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DE JONG dropped just over.
A strike from CAREW held little difficulty for GIVEN.
KEANE hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
10²A header by HÜBSCHMAN at the near post was easily collected by GIVEN.
19²An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of GIVEN by MIGUEL.
22²JORGE stepped inside BROWN but slammed the ball into the arms of GIVEN.
26²CAREW charged through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at GIVEN.
28²A drive from VARELA seemed a certain goal but GIVEN managed to punch the ball away.
29²CARRAGHER beat four Espanyol players and drove a shot over the bar.
32²LESCOTT shot over.
35²KEANE blasted a deadly shot wide from twenty-five yards out.
38²GOAL!! On the right wing NANI collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the goalmouth for GERRARD to flick it into the back of the net. (3-0 Newcastle United)
43²A good ball from CARRICK on the left found BENT who sliced his shot wide.

 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 2
Home league form: W---
Overall league form: WW------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Shay GIVEN1Tim HOWARD(c)
Jamie CARRAGHER2Luís MIGUEL
Ashley COLE3Tomás HÜBSCHMAN
Steven GERRARD4Pablo AIMAR
Joleon LESCOTT5Vasili BEREZUTSKY
Wes BROWN6John HEITINGA
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR7Fernando VARELA
NANI8Tomás ROSICKÝ
(p)Darren BENT9John CAREW(p)
(f)Michael CARRICK10Nigel DE JONG(f)
Robbie KEANE11JORGE Larena
Manager
Micah RICHARDS  12  Roberto AYALA
Ben FOSTER  13  Jussi JÄÄSKELÄINEN
Aaron LENNON  14  PAULO Renato FERREIRA
Theo WALCOTT  15  Steve DAVIS
Rodrigo PALACIO  16  Jesús LACRUZ
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 21
Away league form: L---
Overall league form: LL------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Newcastle United 3 Espanyol 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 52,041, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø 6)

Nani 15¹, Agbonlahor 18¹, Gerrard 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
  
76
618
88
510
100
1510
29
53%47%
Man of the match: Luís Miguel