Man United had their chances but a number of saves from Martin Dubravka and desperate blocks from defenders left Jose Mourinho’s team sitting 16 points adrift of leaders Manchester City
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The Red Devils have a five-point cushion over third-placed Liverpool in the table, and will fancy their chances of overcoming a Newcastle side that are without a win in their last four Premier League matches
The Blues have had a bumpy start to 2018, with their only win in 90 minutes coming against Brighton in the Premier League
City’s long unbeaten domestic run came to an end against Liverpool last time out, but they will be confident of returning to winning ways against a Newcastle side that are very much in a relegation scrap at this stage of the campaign
Rafa Benitez’s side have lost five of their last six Premier League fixtures at St James’ Park, but do come into the game on the back of two wins against Stoke City and Luton Town in the FA Cup third-round last weekend
The result helped the side to extend their extraordinary record of successive English Premier League wins to 18
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Moses completed 90 minutes and looked back to his best against Rafael Benitez’s Newcastle, supplying the assist for Alvaro Morata’s goal as the Blues clawed from a goal down to secure maximum points
The win sees the hosts temporarily close the gap on leaders Manchester City to eight points, whereas Newcastle have now taken only one point from the last 18 on offer in the Premier League
Newcastle have lost all three games in his absence, but manager Rafa Benitez is hopeful his return from injury can provide a boost
The Red Devils sit eight points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City, whereas newly-promoted Newcastle have slipped into the bottom half of the table following back-to-back defeats
The opening stages of the game saw the Magpies dominate proceedings as Matt Ritchie forced a save from Asmir Begovic after just six minutes
Today’s meeting will be just the fifth league meeting between the sides and only the third in the Premier League – both teams won one game each in the 2015/16 campaign, with Bournemouth winning 3-1 at St. James’ Park in Steve McClaren’s last game in charge of Newcastle.
The 19-year-old, who scored 26 goals on loan at Championship side Bristol City last season, announced his new deal on Twitter – although moments later the message was deleted
Ambrose has been on loan
Trailing by two points in the final day to Brighton & Hove Albion, the Rafa Benitez boys eased past Barnsley 3-0, although they have Aston Villa to thank for the achievement
The ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has been battling against addiction for the large majority of his adult life
Hamburg reportedly had a £5 million approach for Ndidi, which he rejected in the summer, but Genk are said to be willing to do business in January
Benitez moved to the Magpies after Steve McClaren was removed from his position in the dugout, but the former Liverpool boss was unable to save the club from relegation to the Championship
However, such is the seriousness of the situation that the Magpies find themselves in, only victories will do if they are to preserve their Premier League status for another campaign