THE CHAMPIONSHIP beckons as Burnley’s miracle escape got here crashing down.
One defeat in eight had the Clarets eyeing one of many nice survival acts and inside touching distance of security earlier than Newcastle ruthlessly uncovered Vincent Kompany’s facet to depart them on the brink.
With Nottingham Forest getting the job finished at Sheffield United, Burnley are actually minimize adrift by 5 factors and should beat Tottenham and Forest to face any probability.
Turf Moor was awash with hope at kick-off, but you’ll wrestle to discover a fan who reckons they will pull it off now.
The bottom was half-empty with 10 minutes remaining, leaving the stage for the well-oiled Geordies to sing “Europe once more, ole ole” on repeat.
Simply their fifth win on their travels all marketing campaign, Eddie Howe’s Mags leapfrogged Manchester United into sixth because the race for sixth hots up.
They began terribly however rapidly recovered to win at a canter, with Callum Wilson, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak on the scoresheet.
An excellent 20-minute spell within the first-half had the sport finished and dusted by the break as confidence quickly drained from sinking Burnley.
Earlier than this humdinger, Kompany ordered “no concern, we go all out, no regrets”. And his lads adopted that to the letter early on as they bullied the Mags.
So poor on the street all season, the Geordies have been on the ropes and clinging on because the determined Clarets poured ahead.
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However an enormous Martin Dubravka save to disclaim Jacob Bruun Larsen, a superb Dan Burn block and a penalty enchantment waved away noticed them maintain on earlier than hanging towards the run of play 19 minutes in.
Tino Livramento began it with a marauding run down the center earlier than taking part in proper to Jacob Murphy.
The winger picked out Alexander Isak, whose effort was parried by Arijanet Muric, however solely to Wilson for the striker to bundle dwelling.
As much as 47 Prem targets in black and white, Wilson moved past Peter Beardsley and second solely to Alan Shearer.
And as hope evaporated from Turf Moor, Newcastle ran riot to steer 3-0 on the break.
Each have been nice strikes, with Longstaff bagging the second after 35 minutes.
Lewis Corridor was the architect with an important interception and run upfield.
Switched to Wilson on the appropriate, Murphy took over and pulled it again for the unchecked Longstaff to slip into the underside nook.
Toon have been purring now, and 5 minutes later Bruno wrapped the factors as much as go away Burnley staring down the barrel.
In entrance of England boss Gareth Southgate, Anthony Gordon bagged his tenth help of the marketing campaign – second within the Prem solely to Ollie Watkins – when teeing up the Brazilian on the high of the field for his second in successive video games.
Crestfallen Kompany walked out of the tunnel after the break with a face like thunder, and his temper was hardly helped when Lyle Foster blazed over at first of the second half.
Their closing probability to get again into it, it was 4-0 quickly after – however solely after Isak butchered a penalty.
Searching down the Golden Boot, his effort was tame after Josh Brownhill hauled Gordon down.
However you possibly can’t preserve a superb striker down for lengthy and the Swede responded moments later in entrance of the jubilant away followers after being assisted by Murphy.
It’s now 10 targets in his final eight for the red-hot striker, taking him to twenty for the Prem season – the primary Newcastle participant to take action since Shearer in 2004.
Because the heavens opened, hordes of downbeat Burnley followers made for the exit as Bruno almost made it 5 with a roller earlier than Dara O’Shea nodded dwelling a comfort for the battered and bruised hosts.
And except they beat Spurs subsequent weekend, that closing day showdown towards Forest can have nothing driving on it for the Lancastrians.