Ralf Rangnick’s side were lucky to come away from Tyneside with a point, having been second best in the first half
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Newcastle and Norwich both needed a favour from Everton to take the race to the final weekend of the season, but a comfortable night for the Black Cats saw Sam Allardyce’s side secure survival
Yannick Bolasie was looking like the most dangerous player on the pitch in the first half, and he tried his luck from a long way out on a counter-attack only to see his powerful effort fly a couple of yards past the post
Liverpool put in their worst performance since the arrival of Jurgen Klopp in their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United in their last Premier League match
However, it was Newcastle who took the lead after just 10 minutes against the early run of play as Daryl Janmaat’s inch-perfect cross found Papiss Cisse for the strike to head home his first goal since the opening day of the season amid questions of offside
The 50-year-old, who took charge of the final 20 games of last season, 19 of them in the Barclays Premier League, has parted company with the Magpies along with coach Steve Stone
Quite simply, John Carver’s side have just not been good enough in the second half of the season, and their poor form has dragged them into a relegation battle which looked to be unfolding without them a few months back
Newcastle started to show more intent going forward towards the end of the first half, with Emmanuel Riviere taking a couple of shots, while Ryan Taylor forced a save from Kasper Schmeichel, but the Magpies could not get a goal back before the break
The defeat in question came against Premier League champions-elect, Chelsea, on Wednesday – a result that ended the hosts’ four-game winning streak – but Pearson will be desperate to see his charges resume their great escape with victory at home to struggling Newcastle on Saturday (today)
Newcastle left the KC Stadium with THREE Premier League points courtesy of a superb 4-1 victory last March, a brace from Moussa Sissoko and further goals from Loic Remy and Vurnon Anita doing the damage
“I didn’t want to talk a lot about this situation, it’s always the same when you’re losing a game, it’s always like that and the first man in front of the criticism is the boss,” said Giroud