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Magpies’ winning streak ends as Kluivert hat-trick stuns St James’ Park

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Bournemouth ended Newcastle’s nine-match winning streak with a brilliant away display in a 4-1 win at St James’ Park.

Justin Kluivert scored a superb hat-trick before Milos Kerkez added a fourth as Anthony Iraola’s men recovered from Bruno Guimaraes’ first-half equalizer as the visitors ran out deserved winners.

The Cherries extended their unbeaten run to 11 games in all competitions with the win, which sees them climb to sixth in the table for the time being at least.

Newcastle v Bournemouth as it happened

Newcastle were the Premier League team before kick-off, but Bournemouth caught the home side napping early on, creating plenty of chances that went wide of the goal in the opening stages.

They got the goal their pressure deserved after six minutes when Antoine Semenyo found space on the left before Kluivert neatly found the bottom corner.

The Magpies looked to be struggling to click into gear but found themselves on par with the simpler forms when Bruno Guimaraes found a free header from Lewis Hall’s corner to equalize in what was a surprisingly entertaining start.

Newcastle looked to have the momentum but were denied once more when Semenyo once again set Kluivert free, who slotted another finish past Martin Dubravka to restore Bournemouth’s lead.

Bournemouth beat Newcastle

The frantic nature of the game continued into the second half, although it was Bournemouth who remained the biggest threat in front of goal as the Toons struggled to find the lead they had previously held.

Bournemouth thought they had deservedly taken a 3-1 lead through Dango Ouattara, but after a VAR review, it was rightly disallowed after the ball went out of play in the set-up.

Newcastle had another lucky escape when David Brooks’ touch from Semenio’s cross deflected off Tino Libramento and bounced onto the post.

A tense conclusion ensued before Bouremouth began to celebrate a deserved win when Kluivert completed his hat-trick brilliantly with a long-range strike that left Dubravka grounded.

Anthony Gordon was denied the chance for a late shock comeback when his effort was blocked on the line.

But it was really confirmed to be Bournemouth’s day when Kerkez raced clear at the other end before stepping up and clinically finding the net.



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