The latest Leicester city news as both Harvey Barnes and Luke Thomas started the Premier League clash at Bramall Lane
Leicester City can breathe a sigh of relief after Newcastle United fell short of the club’s Premier League record.
Newcastle face newly promoted Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Sunday afternoon. The Magpies won 8-0 in the Premier League clash despite only opening the scoring in the 21st minute of the match.
Sean Longstaff, Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Callum Wilson, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almiron, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak were all on the scoresheet. But that was not enough for the Magpies to break Man City’s record for the biggest away win ever.
The record still belongs to Man City, who beat Southampton 9-0 in October 2019. That match saw Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez score hat-tricks with Ben Chilwell, Youri Tielemans and James Maddison being the others. other scorer.
Harvey Barnes started that game for City, and was also in the starting line-up for Newcastle. He was however taken off in the first half due to injury. City loanee Luke Thomas also started the game for the Blades in an afternoon to forget for the left-back
Newcastle score their eighth goal of the game in the 87th minute, giving them three minutes plus added time to equal City’s record. But they could not find the goal to do so, leading to a reaction from City’s social media account.
After the full-time whistle, they simply responded on X (formerly Twitter), with “Phew” followed by a relieved face emoji. It was a similar response from a lot of City fans on social media, who were happy to see the club’s record remain standing.
“Yeah to be honest only big clubs win the Prem 9-0 away from home,” wrote one fan, while a second added: “9-0 away isn’t for everyone.”
