Newcastle strike at the death in thrilling four-goal draw with Bournemouth

[p]Having gone three games unbeaten under Matthias Jaissle, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] had momentum heading into the game and were incentivised by the chance of provisionally moving to the top of the PL table.[/p][p][b]Their start was anything but confident though, and they found themselves behind inside 10 minutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scott-alex/boFdbMyt/"]Alex Scott[/a]’s deflected strike fell favourably at the far post for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavernier-marcus/jFqXIRZj/"]Marcus Tavernier[/a], who was alert to prod home.[/b][/p][p]The deficit ought to have been doubled just two minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/botman-sven/nRvavHmI/"]Sven Botman[/a]’s loose pass found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/evanilson/lUqxFifa/"]Evanilson[/a] unmarked 18 yards from goal, but his left-footed effort was wild and flew over the crossbar.[/p][p]The Magpies looked shaky in defence, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] were keen to take advantage, coming close to adding a second goal on 25 minutes when a sweeping move down the left culminated in Tavernier firing low at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hornicek-lukas/4xGGcozp/"]Lukas Hornicek[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="4731354a-c8c1-4222-bb94-502a73d882ed" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8cafbec2-7873-4af8-921c-fdba8775bad3" original-width="2160" original-height="2702" /][p][b]Yet Marco Rose’s men didn’t have to wait too much longer to double their advantage, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kluivert-justin/fq4lU5sI/"]Justin Kluivert[/a]’s effort rattled the post, falling kindly for Scott, whose ball across deflected off Malick Thiaw and into the far corner.[/b][/p][p][b]The visitors’ two-goal cushion didn’t last long though, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barnes-harvey/Wjj9WTTi/"]Harvey Barnes[/a] took matters into his own hands, stepping in off the left and curling an inch-perfect effort into the top right corner.[/b][/p][p]The half-time break could arguably have come at a bad time for Newcastle, who were starting to dominate their visitors, but it proved to be more of the same after the break, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/willock-joseph/j3oBtT40/"]Joe Willock[/a] glancing a header agonisingly wide soon after the restart.[/p][p]But breaking down a dogged Bournemouth rearguard was proving tricky for Jaissle’s men, who looked to be running out of steam as the game grew older, forcing the Newcastle boss to introduce big-money deadline day recruit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-pardo-mathias/0vPhfqq8/"]Matias Fernandez-Pardo[/a] in a desperate bid to get back into the game.[/p][p]His substitutions didn’t particularly have the desired effect, as Newcastle struggled to replicate the kind of guile they found in the final third in last week’s 2-0 win away to Tottenham Hotspur.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="eab82665-36ae-4544-ac93-2fac64b66123" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2b4a6956-8d41-4766-b264-88b5c8f8834a" original-width="2160" original-height="2702" /][p][b]Conceding late in their opening two games, Bournemouth were never likely to be resting easily in the closing stages, and their worst fears were realised two minutes from time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ramsey-jacob/URZH6b4K/"]Jacob Ramsey[/a] kept a cool head in a bout of penalty box pinball, stroking home into the bottom corner.[/b][/p][p]That strike consigns the Cherries to the unwanted record of becoming the first team in PL history to score first in their opening three games and win none of them. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavernier-marcus/jFqXIRZj/"]Marcus Tavernier[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=A7Ob65ig"]Get all the match stats here with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]