Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle: Alexander Isak nets his first Premier League hat-trick as Eddie Howe's side cruise to victory at Portman Road
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Pre-match here, it was a celebration of Sir Bobby Robson, who managed both Ipswich and Newcastle. Members of Ipswich’s successful 1978 and 1981 squads were in attendance and a tribute to the late Sir Bobby was displayed on the big screen as the teams walked out.
![[The Swedish striker gave his side the advantage after just 26 seconds at Portman Road]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93383953-14216893-image-a-17_1734798639832.jpg)
The match programme had a picture of his statue at Portman Road draped in a half and half scarf and outside the away end, the Newcastle fans who had travelled 285 miles, queued to leave flowers and take pictures. By the end of their afternoon in Suffolk, it was only those Newcastle fans left inside to sing ‘There’s only one Bobby Robson’ after a quite shambolic Ipswich performance that saw them three goals down at half-time and booed off by their own fans for the first time this season.
![[Result means Kieran McKenna's side are still winless at home in their return to the top flight]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93384183-14216893-image-a-27_1734799769921.jpg)
In fairness, Eddie Howe’s side were superb with Alexander Isak getting his first Premier League hat-trick and Jacob Murphy enjoying one of his finest performances in a Newcastle shirt. A word too for Sandro Tonali who dictated the tempo of the game and didn’t put a foot wrong on an afternoon it where it was men against boys.
![[Jacob Murphy enjoyed one of his best performances for Newcastle in Saturday's clash]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93384205-14216893-image-a-29_1734799781360.jpg)
Alexander Isak netted his first hat-trick for Newcastle as they ran riot against Ipswich. The Swedish striker gave his side the advantage after just 26 seconds at Portman Road. Result means Kieran McKenna's side are still winless at home in their return to the top flight.
![[The tempo of the game slowed in the second half with the visitors thoroughly in control]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/16/93384195-14216893-image-a-28_1734799774322.jpg)
