Newcastle 3 Aston Villa 0: Toon breeze past ten-man Villa to seal huge win in battle for Champions League spot
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NEWCASTLE were rocking on Boxing Day - after being helped by an Anthony Gordon cracker. The Toon winger needed barely 80 seconds to open the scoring against Aston Villa, curling emphatically into the top corner. Jhon Duran saw red for the visitors on 32 minutes after raking his studs down Fabian Schar's back as they fell into a heap in a challenge.
![[Anthony Gordon put Newcastle in front after barely 80 seconds]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/editorial-use-no-use-unauthorised-959902245.jpg?strip=all&w=853)
And Alexander Isak took advantage of the extra man by tapping in for 2-0 on the hour mark. Joelinton then wrapped up the points with a beautiful finish in injury time, capitalising on yet another error from Aston Villa gifting possession to the Magpies.
![[The Toon winger curled expertly into the top corner]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/anthony-gordon-newcastle-united-scores-959900570.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Newcastle had three further goals ruled out plus thumped the bar on a comfortable afternoon at St James' Park. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.. The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TheSunFootball and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunFootball.
![[Alexander Isak could not miss as he doubled the hosts' advantage]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/scores-sides-second-goal-game-959913571.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
