Premier League: A largely torpid affair burst into life on 85 minutes as the sides shared the points at St James’ Park. Louise Taylor was there.
Jamaal Lascelles: “Over the course of the game I wouldn’t say it was a fair result,” he tells BT Sport. “I thought we were the better team, I thought we had the better chances. It was a difficult game but it seems like we created the most. Then, the one chance they had ... a deflection that goes in. I guess that’s football but we had to keep fighting to the end and we did.
“I thought we were playing some good football, we were on the front foot and we just weren’t taking our chances. We ended up getting a bit of luck back ourselves.”
Well, well, well. After 80 minutes of utter dross, the teams finally put on a show in the final 10. Having taken the lead in the 86th minute through a Ciaran Clark own goal, Aston Villa somehow contrived to throw away victory.
In the final minute of injury time, they failed to clear the ball from the edge of their own penalty area, the ball went wide to Jacob Murphy and Isaac Hayden gave two defenders the dlip to power a near past header past the helpless Emi Martinez.
A draw is probably the fair result, but Villa will be absolutely gutted to have lost. They stay in ninth play, while Newcastle inch another point clear of the relegation zone. They’re two clear of Brighton and Fulham.
Newcastle equalise. At the near post, Jamaal Lascelles gets on the end of a cross from the left to score with a bullet header.
Jamaal Lascelles with a last-gasp leveller for Newcastle. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
90+3 min: Dubravka sacvs brilliantly to deny Ollie Watkins, who had been teed up by Ross Barkley as Villa counter-attacked. Watkins had to have been offside there, but Dubravka wasn’t to know.
90+2 min: We’re in the second of four minutes of added time and Newcastle have a free-kick wide on the right. Joe Willock swings the ball towards Andy Carroll, whose knockdown is hacked clear.
90 min: That goal has been officially credited to Ciaran Clark, which I’m sure he’ll be delighted to hear.
89 min: Spotting Martin Dubravka off his line, Douglas Luiz tries to beat him from distance. His lob isn’t quite on target, but is close enough for Newcastle’s goalkeeper to put it out for a corner.
88 min: Newcastle substitution: Andy Carroll on for Isaac Hayden.
Oh my! Getting his head to a cross from the left at the near post, Ollie Watkins steers a header goalwards. Dubravka has it covered, but the ball takes a deflection off Ciaran Clark, completely changes direction and goes in off the cross-bar. How’s your luck?
Ollie Watkins gets his header on target, ish... Photograph: Simon Davies/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock
Finally, we have a goal. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/Reuters
85 min: Ollie Watkins smashes the ball goalwards from a tight angle but Dubravka is on hand to block his effort.
84 min: There’s a break in play as Tyrone Mings receives treatment after a heavy collision with Jonjo Shelvey.
82 min: So close!!! Just on as a substitute for Ryan Fraser, Jacob Murphy thumps the ball against the cross-bar with the Villa goal gaping.
Jacob Murphy pings one against the bar. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
78 min: With the ball dropping to an unmarked El Ghazi at the far post from an Elmohamady cross, Emile Krafth gets a crucial header in to clear. Joelinton sets off up the field and is fouled by Mings. The Newcastle striker stays on his feet and continues on his way, only to be fouled by Mings again. That’s two tactical fouls for the price of one, as the Villa defender only gets one yellow card.
75 min: A Sanson cross into the Newcastle penalty is headed clear. Ryan Fraser gallops off on the counter and is fouled by the Frenchman, who gets booked for his selfless cynicism.
75 min: John McGinn is booked for some indiscretion or other that escaped my attention. Apologies.
72 min: Joelinton squares the ball from the corner of the six-yard box but can’t pick out a team-mate. A more confident player would have shot and possibly even scored. Newcastle are bossing proceedings at the moment but can they find a goal?
Shoot! Photograph: Richard Lee/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
70 min:Aston Villa remain on the back foot, forced to defend a long throw from Emile Krafth and a subsequent cross from Ryan Fraser after Ross Barkley had lost the ball in midfield.
66 min: Jamaal Lascelles is penalised and booked for handball.
66 min: Villa attack, with Matt Targett crossing from the left. His effort drops over the Newcastle cross-bar. Villa substitution: Ross Barkley on for Trezeguet.
65 min: It’s looking like both these teams could play until midnight without scoring, but Newcastle are looking the more threatening as things stand.
64 min: Joelinton crosses the ball into the Villa penalty area from the left, where Matt Targett does his damnedest to head it into his own net. Emi Martinez spares his blushes with a save that was perhaps a little more acrobatic than necessary.
Quite literally, one for the cameras. Photograph: Richard Lee/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
63 min: Good defending from Konsa, who denies Ryan Fraser a run on goal with a neat little pirouette to take possessino of a ball from deep.
62 min: Another Newcastle cross, another Villa clearance. Rinse and repeat ...
61 min: Mings is penalised for another foul on Joelinton, who’s proving a real handful for the Villa centre-half. Free-kick for Newcastle about 35 yards from the Villa goal. Shelvey floats the ball into the penalty area and Mings gets his head to it.
59 min: Ollie Watkins keeps the ball in play on the right touchline, cuts inside to the edge of the Newcastle penalty area and then gives it away. For the love of humanity ...
58 min: Villa substitution: Morgan Sanson on, Jacob Ramsey off.
56 min: Trezeguet charges down the right chasing a long ball. He gets to it and pulls it back for El Ghazi, whose thunderous drive towards goal is blocked by Ciaran Clark. Good defending.
55 min: Jonjo Shelvey tries his luck from distance. His shot hits Willocks legs, then one of Mings’s feet and loops over the cross bar.
52 min: The ball’s curled toward the far post by Targett and Konsa wins the header under pressure from several Newcastle defenders. His effort floats across the face of goal and wide.
52 min: Emile Krafth is booked for a tackle on Ollie Watkins as the Villa striker threatened to escape his clutches and bear down on goal. Villa free-kick, about 35 yards from the Newcastle goal, a little left of centre.
Emil Krafth is booked for Newcastle. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
50 min: Dwight Gayle overhits a cross into the Villa penalty area and Joelinton sprints to retrieve the ball. He’s promptly crowded off the ball and Villa clear.
46 min: Against everyone’s better judgement, play resumes. Elmohamady crosses into the Newcastle box and the ball’s headed clear. Matt Targett tries to cross into the Newcastle box from the other wing, but his delivery is blocked.
Peep: Well, that’s 45 minutes none of us will get back. Chances have been few and far between as two mediocre teams showed a distinct lack of cutting edge up front and relied on largely aimless crosses into the box to try and muster a goal. The deadlock remains resolutely unbroken at St James’ Park.
An uninspiring first-half comes to a close with few chances for either side. Photograph: Richard Lee/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
45 min: In the Villa penalty area, Dwight Gayle swivels and tries to volley a cross goalwards but miscues. That was a decent chance but he didn’t catch it properly.
44 min: Dubravka claims yet another cross from the left under pressure from Trezeguet.
42 min: Joelinton picks up the ball out on the right and bears down on the Villa penalty area. With Ryan Fraser pointing to where he wants the ball, the Brazilian elects not to pass, runs into traffic and loses it.
39 min: Tyrone Mings plays a backpass towards Martinez without looking to see where he is. Momentarily, it looks as if he might have rolled the ball into his own net but there wasn’t enough pace on it to trundle over the line. Villa’s goalkeeper reacts and clears in plenty of time.
38 min: It’s taken and Villa’s attack comes to an abrupt end when Mings wins a free-kick off Joelinton, who barges into him from behind as the duo chase the ball towards the byline.
A first-half highlight. Photograph: Simon Davies/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock
Douglas Luiz intercepts a loose Jonjo Shelvey pass and Villa play the ball towards the left touchline. They cross the ball into the penalty area, where Ciaran Clark clears. Joelinton, who is giving Tyrone Mings plenty to think about tonight, wins a free-kick for Newcastle.
33 min: Villa corner, won by Targett off Krafth. It’s played short and John McGinn curls a cross into the Newcastle penalty area. It ends up in the hands of Martin Dubravka. Oh, to have a Jack Grealish and/or a Miguel Almiron on the pitch - this is mindnumbing.
32 min: Jonjo Shelvey plays a long ball towards Dwight Gayle in the Newcastle penalty area. Ezri Konsa outjumps him and heads clear.
31 min: From the free-kick, Fraser crosses the ball into the etc, and so on. Villa clear again. While they’re under pressure, they show no sign of buckling any time soon.
30 min: Newcastle put another three crosses in quick succession into the Villa penalty area. One is over-hit, the other two are cleared. Now they have a free-kick wide on the left; I wonder what they’ll do with it.
29 min: A Ryan Fraser cross from the right is cleared by Ezri Konsa.
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