Newcastle claim “easy” win over sorry Leicester City

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Daniel Wales and Joe Buck discuss Newcastle United’s win over Leicester City.

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00:00Newcastle up to fifth.

00:03A 3-0 win at Leicester City on Monday night.

00:05A brace from Jacob Murphy and then a third from Fulham Nesta player Harvey Barnes.

00:10Capped off what was, let's be honest, an unbelievably easy night for Newcastle in the end.

00:15I actually think Newcastle weren't overall that great in the game, to be honest.

00:20I thought second half their attacking prowess sort of died away a little bit.

00:23They didn't really do an awful lot and yet they still came away relatively untroubled throughout.

00:30The game.

00:31Yeah, as you say, easy was the right word to use on Monday night.

00:34It was just from the minute, you know, from the minute sort of Jacob Murphy put that ball in.

00:40What was it, the second minute I think it was, they never looked back.

00:42They never looked like losing.

00:44You're right, they weren't great.

00:45I think defensively they let them in a couple of times.

00:47Obviously Jamie Vardy had a really early shot, which Pope saved.

00:51Pope made another good save and obviously they hit the post twice.

00:54Leicester obviously hadn't scored in the eighth consecutive home games now.

00:57It just felt like it was never going to go in for them.

01:00But yeah, they were really bad.

01:01Leicester, they were probably the worst team I've seen.

01:03I know Southampton are already relegated and Leicester have picked up more points than them,

01:07but they were really bad.

01:09And the crowd had turned on them pretty much as soon as Murphy had scored.

01:12So yeah, it was a strange night on Monday.

01:16Buffer Newcastle, it's a win.

01:17And I think we said before the Brentford game, just you have to get wins at this stage of the season.

01:22They've got, they managed to keep this winning streak going.

01:25And yeah, that's all they need to do.

01:26And they put themselves in a good position.

01:27It was important they did that with Man City.

01:31Obviously, Jordan on Sunday, Brighton and Bournemouth both dropped on points, you know,

01:35and Nottingham Forest, of course.

01:36So it was nice for them to sort of keep their momentum in that race for European football.

01:39But yeah, so easy.

01:41And yeah, I'm sure you'll talk about it, but obviously that second goal, can we?

01:45I would dedicate the whole podcast to that, to be honest.

01:48I'm happy to talk about it.

01:49But yeah, it was just a really easy night.

01:51And yeah, three points, that's exactly what they needed.

01:54I'm actually quite good.

01:55Yeah, we'll come on to that story where we are.

01:57I'm actually quite gutted, to be honest, that Fabian Scher didn't score that goal.

02:01Because he, let's be honest, with that technique, he deserved it.

02:04I mean, from watching it myself, I was actually, I thought he should have initially played the ball,

02:08just cleaned through to Jacob Murphy, who was sprinting through.

02:11But of course, he sees the goalkeeper off his line, goes for the chip.

02:16And well, it's quite the strike.

02:22So unlucky that it doesn't just dip just in time, hits the bar.

02:26But Jacob Murphy reacts.

02:27He keeps on running, whereas the Leicester defence, they all just stand and bowl watch.

02:31And to be honest, Jacob Murphy, a little bit of a poor touch,

02:33but then, you know, it's the easiest of tasks to put it into the back of the net.

02:36It was just, that just sort of capped off what Leicester were about.

02:40I think not necessarily like the shyest shot, but the fact that none of them reacted when Murphy did.

02:46And obviously, I know Leicester gave the ball away an awful lot as well.

02:48But yeah, I mean, go for it.

02:51Tell us what you thought about it.

02:53Yeah, I think from the second it left his boot,

02:56I genuinely think 90% of that stadium probably thought it was in,

02:58from our point of view, in the press box, quite high up.

03:01It looked like it was going to dip in.

03:02And you're just sort of, you know, you're just watching it.

03:05And, you know, like other goals, it's quite instinctual.

03:07You have that one.

03:08You have the time to sort of think about, oh, this is actually going to go in.

03:11You can see they keep out struggling.

03:13And of course, it didn't.

03:15Murphy did really well to finish it eventually, as you see, after mistouching it.

03:19But yeah, it was just fantastic from Cher.

03:21There's not a lot of players in world football able to do that.

03:23Certainly not, you know, centre-backs.

03:24And the thing is, you're not really surprised.

03:27He's almost done that as well, because you just know he's capable of it.

03:30And that out of anyone in that team, he would be the one who does that.

03:33And much like when we talk about Tonali's goal against Brentford,

03:36he's probably the one who could score that.

03:37You'd think Fabi-Cher's probably the only Newcastle player who can score that kind of goal.

03:41But yeah, it was brilliant from him.

03:42And well done to Jacob Murphy following in.

03:44As you see, the Leicester players just stopped.

03:46And then that is a symptom of a team they are and where they are currently,

03:49where they're probably not just putting in that extra 5-10%.

03:52They're switching off at the wrong times.

03:53And yeah, Murphy finished up.

03:55And yeah, it was, I was just, I was good.

03:58Of course, I was good for Cher.

03:59They didn't go in.

04:00But, you know, it was, I'm glad that that won't be forgotten.

04:04You know, in the history that we'll always, you know,

04:06know that moment because of the goal.

04:08And I spoke to him after the game and he said that he thought he'd gone in.

04:11He thought he'd hit it perfectly.

04:12And he was a little bit good that it wasn't his.

04:15He was actually good that he didn't think he'd got the assist.

04:17I don't actually know if he has got the assist or not.

04:19But he was slightly good that he didn't get the assist in his mind.

04:22Like certainly, you know, in the immediate aftermath of the game.

04:24But yeah, Murphy did really well finish it up.

04:27And I think from what was at the 11th minute,

04:29that was, if the game over,

04:30if the game wasn't over after the second minute,

04:32it certainly was then.

04:33Yes, I completely agree.

04:35I mean, obviously then Barnes gets a third a bit later on.

04:38Some good work from Joe Linton and Izak to create that chance.

04:41But yeah, a comprehensive win for Newcastle.

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