Newcastle United thumped Sheffield United 8-0 to pile more misery on the winless Blades – becoming the first team in Premier League history to have eight different goalscorers.
The visitors took the lead after 21 minutes thanks to a smart finish from Sean Longstaff. Early substitute Anthony Gordon did well down the left-hand side to keep the ball in play before picking out Longstaff, who fired home.
Eddie Howe’s side doubled their lead just eight minutes later with Dan Burn on hand at the back post to head home Kieran Trippier’s corner.
Less than five minutes later and Newcastle had a third and it was another set-piece. Trippier fired in a free-kick from the right-hand side which Sven Botman was able to head home past Wes Foderingham.
Newcastle picked up where they left off in the second half, with Callum Wilson making it four 10 minutes into the second half. Trippier sent in a great ball for his third assist of the match and Wilson was there to head home.
Gordon got the goal his performance deserved after 61 minutes with the pick of the bunch. The winger cut in from the left-hand side before curling a low effort into the bottom corner past Foderingham.
Eddie Howe’s side made it 6-0 on 68 minutes, this time Bruno Guimaraes threading a delightful ball towards Miguel Almiron who calmly slotted home.
Guimaraes went from provider to scorer just five minutes later, picking up the ball in the penalty area following a deflection before calmly lifting his effort into the top corner.
And substitute Alexander Isak latched onto a terrible back header from Tom Davies before coolly slotting home to make it 8-0 and complete the rout.
