Newcastle 3-3 Manchester United
Paul Dummett scored a last minute thunderbolt to settle a thrilling game with Manchester United at St James’ Park.
Wayne Rooney scored twice, including an 80th-minute stunner which looked like it had handed United all three points.
Jesse Lingard got the other for the Red Devils, while Georginio Wijnaldum and Aleksandar Mitrovic responded for Newcastle.
United took the lead in controversial fashion when referee Mike Dean awarded the visitors a penalty after Marouane Fellaini’s knockdown header ricocheted against the arm of Chancel Mbemba.
Rooney made no mistake from the spot to give the Red Devils the lead after only eight minutes.
United doubled their lead eight minutes before the break when Rooney was sent clear, before playing in Lingard with a delicious reverse pass and the 23-year-old made no mistake, slotting through the legs of Rob Elliot.
However, the two-goal advantage only lasted four minutes as Mitrovic beat Fellaini in the air to head the ball into the path of Wijnaldum, who finished neatly first time.
Lingard should have settled the game in the second half when the ball reached him at the back post but he inexplicably curled the ball well over from six yards.
And he was made to pay for that miss when referee Dean, again controversially, pointed to the spot after Chris Smalling and Mitrovic wrestled each other to the ground in the United box.
Mitrovic picked himself up and scored the resulting penalty to level the scores.
The game was not over there as Rooney rolled back the years with a hammer of a goal into the top corner with only ten minutes remaining which managed to get even Louis van Gaal out of his seat.
And yet there was still time for Newcastle to spoil Rooney’s party when the ball fell to Dummett on the edge of the area and he fired an unstoppable shot passed the helpless David De Gea.
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