Bournemouth ended Newcastle’s nine-game winning run with a brilliant away performance in a 4-1 victory at St James’ Park.
Justin Kluivert scored a superb hat-trick before Milos Kerkez added a fourth as Andoni Iraola’s men recovered from Bruno Guimaraes’ first-half equaliser as the visitors ran out deserved winners.
The Cherries extended their unbeatean run to 11 games in all competitions with the victory, which sees them climb to sixth in the table for the time being at least.
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Newcastle vs Bournemouth as it happened
Newcastle were the Premier League’s form side before kick-off but Bournemouth caught the hosts napping early on, producing a number of chances which flashed across goal in the opening stages.
They got the goal their pressure deserved after six minutes when Antoine Semenyo found space down the left before Kluivert neatly found the bottom corner.
Justin Kluivert brilliantly opens the scoring early for Bournemouth 🤩
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The Magpies seemed to struggle to click into gear but found themselves level in the simplest of forms when Bruno Guimaraes found a free header from Lewis Hall’s corner to equalise in what was unsurprisingly an entertaining start.
Bruno Guimaraes with a captain’s equaliser for Newcastle 🔥
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Newcastle seemed to have the momentum but were caught out once again when Semenyo once again set Kluivert free, who tucked another finish past Martin Dubravka and restore Bournemouth’s lead.
Justin Kluivert gets his second of the game 💫
Bournemouth lead right before half-time 🔥
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Bournemouth outclass Newcastle
The frantic nature of the game continued in the second half, though it was Bournemouth who remained the bigger threat in front of goal as the Toon struggled to find the edge they previously had.
Bournemouth thought they had deservedly gone 3-1 up through Dango Ouattara but after a VAR review, it was rightly disallowed after the ball went out of play in the build-up.
Newcastle had another lucky escape when David Brooks’ touch from Semenyo’s cross deflected off Tino Livramento and bounced off the post.
A tense conclusion followed before Bouremouth could start celebrating the victory they deserved when Kluivert brilliantly completed his hat-trick with a long-range strike which left Dubravka grounded.
What a way to bag the hat-trick 🤩
Justin Kluivert tops off an exceptional performance in style 💫
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Anthony Gordon was denied the chance of a shock late comeback when his effort was blocked on the line.
But it was truly confirmed to be Bournemouth’s day when Kerkez raced clear up the other end before throwing a stepover and clinically finding the net.
Bournemouth make it 4-0 🔥
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