EPL: Newcastle United again as much as third with 2-1 win at Brentford after Toney misses penalty | Soccer Information – Occasions of India

LONDON: Newcastle United moved again as much as third within the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Brentford on Saturday after Ivan Toney missed a penalty for the London aspect for the primary time in his profession.
Brentford received a penalty when Sven Botman clumsily introduced down Kevin Schade, however Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope guessed appropriately to disclaim Toney who missed from the spot for the primary time since 2018 having transformed his earlier 24 makes an attempt.
However Brentford got one other lifeline when Alexander Isak fouled Rico Henry and the referee awarded one other penalty after watching the replay. This time, Toney made no mistake and beat Pope to attain his 18th league objective of the season.

The tide turned within the second half, nonetheless, as Newcastle got here out firing and equalised 9 minutes after the restart when Joelinton’s tried cross went in off goalkeeper David Raya’s foot.
An unmarked Isak then made amends with an emphatic end after he was arrange by his strike companion and second half substitute Callum Wilson, with the Swedish striker guiding his effort previous Raya to make it 2-1.

Newcastle’s fifth consecutive win moved them as much as 56 factors from 29 video games — the identical as Manchester United who beat Everton 2-0 earlier on Saturday — however Eddie Howe‘s aspect have a superior objective distinction.