Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 – Interesting independent ratings on NUFC players | OneFootball

It ended Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1.

United deservedly took the lead midway through the first half when a top notch Isak pass was volleyed home by Tonali.

Man U let off the hook a bit as United wasted chances, then a sucker punch at the other end as a counter-attack saw Garnacho score off the post.

No mercy shown after the break though.

Newcastle United battered them.

Harvey Barnes in lethal form with another two goals, then a goalkeeping howler seeing Joelinton intercept a pass and a brilliant header to Bruno for him to seal the win.

United making it five victories (all competitions) in a row.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 match:

The Whoscored ratings display can only show four subs at any one time, Emil Krafth rated a 6.1)

As you can see, eleven players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with eight of them playing for NUFC.

Two goal Harvey Barnes (8.7) deservedly man of the match, Jacob Murphy (8.3) rated next best, an assist for the key goal to put United 2-1 up.

Bruno (the canny one!) rated next best (8.0).

Not quite sure how Pope, Schar and Livramento failed to get 7.0 or better, whilst Man U trio Dalot, Garnacho and Ugarte did???

Newcastle United 4 Manchester United 1 – Sunday 13 April 2025 4.30pm

Goals:

Tonali 24, Barnes 49,64, Bruno 77

Garnacho 37

(In brackets the half-time stats)

Possession was Newcastle 48% (47%) Man U 52% (51%)

Total shots were Newcastle 12 (7) Man U 9 (4)

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 (2) Man U 5 (3)

Corners were Newcastle 7 (5) Man U 2 (1)

Touches in the box Newcastle 37 (18) Man U 12 (7)

Newcastle United team v Manchester United:

Pope, Trippier (Krafth 78), Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton (Longstaff 85), Tonali, Bruno (Miley 85), Barnes, Isak (Wilson 78), Murphy (Gordon 78)

Unused subs: