Newcastle United moved above Aston Villa and up into fifth place in a spiky, bad-tempered Boxing Day conflict between the 2 Premier League disruptors.
Villa have been already up in opposition to it after Anthony Gordon had given the Magpies the lead after simply 80 seconds, however their afternoon turned bitter when striker Jhon Duran was proven a crimson card for stamping on Fabian Schar.
Duran had spent many of the first half complaining to teammates and had even bickered with supervisor Unai Emery earlier than he stupidly determined to take out his frustration on the again of Schar, with each boots coming down on the defender after he had gained a sliding deal with.
Newcastle dominated the sport after that – regardless of the actual fact assistant supervisor Jason Tindall was additionally despatched off for a tunnel altercation with a member of the Villa backroom workforce – and had three objectives disallowed both facet of Alexander Isak tapping house his eleventh objective in his final 12 appearances.In addition they hit the crossbar via Jacob Murphy whereas Emilano Martinez pulled off a surprising save to maintain out Sandro Tonali within the first half.
Joelinton ultimately smashed house a deserved third for Eddie Howe’s facet in stoppage time. The win was Newcastle’s fourth on the spin in all competitions and places them again within the race for European qualification.
