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UCL | Newcastle 1-2 Milan: Chukwueze books Europa League

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UCL | Newcastle 1-2 Milan: Chukwueze books Europa League

Christian Pulisic and Samuel Chukwueze overturned Newcastle United at St. James’ Park for a 2-1 win, however Milan solely end third and enter the Europa League.

It was not sufficient, as PSG wanted to lose in Dortmund and scraped a 1-1 draw.

Rafael Leao and Noah Okafor returned after a month out, however Simon Kjaer, Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw, Mattia Caldara, Marco Pellegrino and Marco Sportiello had been nonetheless out, making Theo Hernandez a makeshift central defender. The Magpies had if something a fair larger harm disaster, lacking Sven Botman, Matt Targett, Harvey Barnes, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Elliot Anderson, Mark Gillespie, Emil Krafth, Matt Ritchie, Javier Manquillo and goalkeeper Nick Pope, in addition to suspended Sandro Tonali, however Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff and Callum Wilson had been out there once more.

Fikayo Tomori made a unprecedented sort out to stop the Miguel Almiron tap-in from a yard, in what was virtually a goal-line clearance on the Joelinton roll throughout that had already crushed Mike Maignan.

Rafael Leao’s roller flashed throughout the face of aim, however Newcastle broke the impasse with a ferocious hit from Joelinton into the far prime nook from simply inside the world. His first contact was poor, however he improvised to make use of the unintended flick as much as thump it on the half-volley along with his proper foot.

Leao seemed off the tempo after a month out and was booked for lashing out an arm on Almiron, however Milan did equalise on the hour mark.

A nook was not cleared, so Leao’s cross from the left discovered a fresh-air volley, however Olivier Giroud intelligently sought out Pulisic on the again put up to faucet in.

Maignan was decisive when palming the Bruno Guimaraes strike onto the crossbar on 69 minutes, by some means attending to it with a powerful wrist after the deflection by means of a crowd of gamers.

Livramento failed to attach with a pull-back from 12 yards, however Rafael Leao wasted an enormous alternative when despatched clear on the counter, hitting the close to put up when one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

Milan turned the sport round utterly on the counter-attack with their substitutes, as Noah Okafor unfold it down the proper for Samuel Chukwueze, who reduce inside to curve left-footed into the far prime nook.

Tomori ought to’ve made it 3-1 deep into stoppages, however his angled drive on the counter thumped the far put up.

Information got here by means of that PSG had scraped a 1-1 draw away to Borussia Dortmund, so Milan go into the Europa League.

Newcastle 1-2 Milan

Joelinton 33 (N), Pulisic 59 (M), Chukwueze 84 (M)

13-12-2023 20:00

MatchDay 6

St. James’ Park

Newcastle

Milan

1 – 2

Participant statistic

1st half

Joelinton (Help: Lewis Miley)	33′
	40′	Rafael Leão
	45+1′	Mike Maignan

2nd half

	59′	Christian Pulisic (Help: Olivier Giroud)
Joelinton	72′
	78′	Luka Jovic
	80′	Yunus Musah
	84′	Samuel Chukwueze (Help: Noah Okafor)
Fabian Schär	90+5′
	90′	Alessandro Florenzi