Newcastle United's six-game winning run came to an end on Saturday as they suffered a 4-1 defeat at Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins put the visitors ahead after 33 seconds before Fabian Schär - who scored twice at Villa Park in last season's 3-1 win - levelled for the Magpies. But three goals after the break saw Unai Emery's side deservedly take the points, with Ian Maatsen, a Dan Burn own goal and Amadou Onana ensuring that the visitors' fine run of form ended in the Midlands.

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Newcastle United roared to third place in the Premier League - and closer to Champions League qualification - with a crushing victory over Crystal Palace at St James' Park. Still without manager Eddie Howe, who continues to recover from pneumonia, the Magpies delivered a ruthless first-half display to race to a 4-0 lead and deal another blow to the Eagles' own hopes of playing in Europe next season. Alexander Isak, who had only scored once in past six games, bagged his 25th goal of the season when Joelinton robbed possession from Lacroix and the Sweden striker planted a fine 25-yard finish into the bottom corner.  The success was Newcastle's biggest of the season and moved them two points clear of Nottingham Forest and four behind second-placed Arsenal with six games left.

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Harvey Barnes' second half brace helped Newcastle United record their fifth win in a row as they sealed an emphatic 4-1 win over Manchester United at St. James' Park on Sunday. The Magpies - led by Jason Tindall and Graeme Jones after head coach Eddie Howe was admitted to hospital on Friday - led through Sandro Tonali's volley, but Alejandro Garnacho levelled for Ruben Amorim's men before half time. The equaliser proved only a minor setback for United, who had dominated the first period, but there could be no doubting who had the upper hand after the break as Barnes' brilliance brought those in black and white back to the fore. The 27-year-old's two strikes put the hosts in complete command on Tyneside before Bruno Guimarães rolled home a fourth to add further gloss to a terrific victory - and one which will surely have provided the absent Howe with some much-needed tonic.

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Three first half goals helped Newcastle United maintain their push for Champions League qualification as they sealed a straightforward 3-0 win at Leicester City on Monday night. Jacob Murphy's quickfire double gave Eddie Howe's men a two-goal advantage early on at the King Power Stadium, before Harvey Barnes turned home a third before the break. The wingers' decisive contributions made sure of the points on a comfortable night for the Magpies, who now sit level on points with the Premier League's fourth-placed side, Chelsea, with a game in hand over the Blues after a fourth straight win in all competitions.

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Alexander Isak's 20th league goal of the campaign opened the scoring, with the Swedish star netting with virtually the last kick of the first half, but Bryan Mbeumo levelled with a second-half spot-kick. However, Sandro Tonali set St. James' Park alight with a howitzer - his third strike against Brentford this season. Whether this one was intentional or not, only the Italian knows, but it proved to be decisive as they maintained their push for a Champions League place.

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Newcastle United secured their first domestic trophy for 70 years - and ended a wait for a major prize stretching back to 1969 - with a deserved Carabao Cup final win over Liverpool at Wembley. The Toon Army were sent into ecstasy as goals either side of half-time by Dan Burn and Alexander Isak put them on course for a triumph that will lead to legendary status on Tyneside for manager Eddie Howe and his players.

Burn celebrated his first England call-up by meeting Kieran Trippier's corner with a towering header in first-half stoppage time, before Isak pounced to finish clinically from Jacob Murphy's knockdown after 52 minutes. Liverpool, who were knocked out of the Champions League on penalties by Paris St-Germain in midweek, pulled a goal back through substitute Federico Chiesa in injury time. Newcastle, however, survived a tense finish to clinch their first major silverware since the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1969 and first domestic success since the 1955 FA Cup.

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Newcastle prepared for the Carabao Cup final with a victory at West Ham that moved them up to sixth in the Premier League. Eddie Howe's side will look to end a 70-year wait for a major trophy on Sunday when they take on Premier League leaders Liverpool at Wembley. They went into Monday's fixture at London Stadium desperate for a win to ensure they face the Reds with momentum, and they got it thanks to Bruno Guimaraes' second-half strike.

Moments after Hammers goalkeeper Alphonse Areola made a brilliant save to prevent Max Kilman scoring an own goal, Newcastle struck when Guimaraes turned in Harvey Barnes' lofted pass. It was just the tonic Howe's side, hampered by injuries and suspension, needed after one win in their previous four games. They were fortunate not to be behind inside the first minute when Tino Livramento missed a clearance and the ball went through to Tomas Soucek, but the midfielder fired over from close range.

Newcastle improved after that and twice went close to taking the lead before the break through Barnes. The forward, making his first league start since 7 December, first turned Kieran Trippier's low ball towards goal, but Areola reacted quickly to save before Barnes' header drew another good save out of the West Ham goalkeeper. After a bright start this was a disappointing performance from the Hammers as they struggled to really threaten Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal. They had shouts for a penalty waved away in the second half when Jarrod Bowen went down inside the box under a challenge, while they also felt there should have been a foul given in the build-up to the winner for a push on Kilman.

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Danny Welbeck scored an extra-time winner as Brighton beat Newcastle to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals after an incident-packed tie that ended 10-a-side. The Magpies thought they had booked their place in the final seconds of normal time, but Fabian Schar's cushioned volley was disallowed for offside by the video assistant referee (VAR). Newcastle had taken a 22nd-minute lead through an Alexander Isak penalty, but Yankuba Minteh levelled just before half-time against the club that sold him in the summer.

Both teams had players sent off in a dramatic climax. Newcastle's Anthony Gordon was shown a straight red card in the 83rd minute for pushing Jan Paul van Hecke in the head – a decision that will rule him out of the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool through suspension. Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey was then dismissed in added time at the end of 90 minutes for a second booking following a late challenge on Jacob Murphy.

The game looked as if it would be going to penalties before Solly March played in Welbeck with six minutes left and he calmly chipped home keeper Martin Dubravka to send the away fans wild.

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Goals either side of half time from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister ensured Newcastle United suffered a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool on Wednesday night.

Hungarian midfielder Szoboszlai's neat finish put Arne Slot's title favourites ahead in the rain at Anfield, before Callum Wilson missed an opportunity to draw the visitors level on Merseyside.

But Mac Allister's powerful strike in the second half made sure of the points for the Reds, who opened up a 13-point gap at the top of the Premier League table - with Eddie Howe's United still just three points shy of a top four place.

Having now arguably reached the status of Premier League champions-elect, Liverpool hope to pass another challenging test of their title credentials at home to Newcastle United on Wednesday night, in a precursor to next month's EFL Cup final.NThe Reds' lead at the summit stretched into the double figures when they overcame Manchester City 2-0 on Sunday, a couple of hours after the Magpies' absorbing 4-3 win over Nottingham Forest. As Darwin Nunez flounders at the tip of the Liverpool attack, Alexander Isak flourishes in the Magpies' setup and reached 19 goals for the Premier League season in Sunday's thriller with Forest, where Jacob Murphy and Lewis Miley also contributed to the cause. Set-piece failings in the second half made the contest far nervier than it should have been in the second half, but Eddie Howe's men just about bested their fellow high-flyers to go level on points with Man City, who are only keeping them outside of the top four on goal difference.

Newcastle surviving that late Forest fightback ensured that they would avoid the humiliation of three straight Premier League defeats, but Howe's men have lost their defensive steel again, conceding nine goals across their last three games and failing to keep a clean sheet in five in the top flight alone. Furthermore, the Magpies have now failed to win any of their last 16 Premier League games against Liverpool, whose last home loss in this top-flight fixture came all the way back in 1994, although December's 3-3 stalemate may have felt like a triumph for Newcastle after Fabian Schar's heroic 90th-minute intervention.

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Alexander Isak scored his 50th Premier League goal as a rampant first-half performance from Newcastle United helped them beat Nottingham Forest at St James' Park. Forest took an early lead through Callum Hudson-Odoi before Newcastle grabbed control of the game with four goals in 11 frantic first-half minutes to go in 4-1 up at half-time.

Lewis Miley and Jacob Murphy scored in quick succession to stun Forest, before Isak struck twice in the space of two minutes.

Isak's second - his 19th goal of the season - saw him reach the 50-goal mark in just 76 Premier League appearances, quicker than all-but six players in the competition's history. Nikola Milenkovic took advantage of a defensive lapse to pull a goal back for Forest, before substitute Ryan Yates set up a nervy finish with a close-range goal following a corner in the 90th minute. But Newcastle held on for a victory that moves them up to fifth in the table, which will likely be enough to qualify for the Champions League, and puts them within three points of Forest in third.

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