Newcastle United 4-1 PSG: Dominic Scurr reaction

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Dominic Scurr reflects on Newcastle United's 4-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain at St James' Park.

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00:00 Newcastle United 4 PSG 1 here at St James' Park in the Champions League

00:08 tonight. I'm quite stunned actually Newcastle were absolutely sensational

00:16 against the league and champions blew them away in the first half and I thought

00:24 everyone to a man was incredible the first 45 minutes Newcastle thoroughly

00:29 deserved to go lead PSG shell-shocked the atmosphere in here just they

00:35 couldn't live with it they couldn't live with Newcastle the high press high

00:38 intensity Bruno absolutely ran the midfield Miguel Almiron continues his

00:43 great form got the first goal really underrated finish I think for Miguel

00:46 Almiron when people sort of pounce on rebounded efforts and finishes can be

00:53 underrated but Miguel Almiron to hit that first time of pace find the bottom

00:56 right hand corner give Newcastle the perfect start of the game and then from

01:00 there Newcastle stay on the front foot Dan Byrne approaching half-time header

01:06 initially I thought it was a great save by Donnarumma but BAR check on side and

01:12 it did cross the line so yeah 2-0 and Newcastle very good value for it and

01:18 after the break Sean Longstaff then makes it 3-0 Lucas Hernandez pulls the

01:23 goal back for PSG shortly after and PSG do get a bit of a foothold in the game

01:26 after that but then Fabian Scheer incredible wins the ball back 1-2 with

01:31 Jake Murphy finds the top right hand corner goal of the round and Newcastle

01:37 this is the Champions League the entire world will have stood up and took notice

01:42 of Eddie Howe's side tonight and we're speaking in the press room before I think

01:47 if you're looking at nights at St. James's Park this is a historic one is

01:52 it the greatest night ever at St. James's Park well obviously a certain

01:58 generation in the press room were saying the Barcelona game I'm too young for

02:02 that for that so I can't can't vouch for that one but certainly reporting here or

02:08 watching a game here I don't think it comes much better than that

02:14 they've gone up against Newcastle one of the best teams in world football as the

02:19 day they against Manchester City the other day a much changed Manchester City

02:22 team but gone up against PSG and made them look ordinary they've absolutely

02:29 torn them to shreds 4-1 their biggest ever Champions League win and

02:34 thoroughly deserved a special night and I think a lot will get made I've tweeted

02:40 this out a lot will get made of the millions Newcastle has spent and they

02:44 have spent a lot to get to this point finish fourth and get in the Champions

02:48 League but Newcastle's goal scorers tonight you're looking Miguel Alnon

02:51 here long before the takeover Fabian Scheer long before the takeover

02:55 Sean Longstaff Academy graduate Dan Byrne local lad obviously brought in

03:01 after the takeover but there's a there's a local court of this team and a very

03:06 likable court of this team players who once deemed not good enough for the

03:10 Premier League are now shining literally shining in Europe against some of the

03:16 world's best players and I think it was a fitting moment to see Jamal Lassell

03:21 lead the team out tonight I asked Eddie Howe afterwards this is a player who

03:25 look he's he's had his critics over the years a lot of it or some of it is

03:28 certainly being warranted and when Newcastle just weren't at it but hasn't

03:33 really put a foot wrong since Eddie Howe's come in and whenever he's been

03:37 called upon which hasn't been a lot but this is a player who earned his name

03:40 earned his reputation and his captaincy you could say from sort of holding

03:47 Newcastle to account standing up for the club when they were in a relegation

03:50 battle when he first sort of burst on the scene and he earned his captaincy on

03:54 the back of that he's since faded into the background since the takeover really

03:58 but to get get him back on the pitch leading the team out the first

04:02 Champions League game in over 20 years at St. James's Park and to put in a

04:07 performance like he did along with the rest of his team of course but and that

04:13 was a great moment for him and it was many of those and tonight Eddie Howe

04:17 even said there's so many great stories to come from tonight's game and

04:22 incredible atmosphere I don't think it's one the 50 odd thousand fans will forget

04:29 for a long long time and spoke ahead of the game the sense of occasion

04:35 surrounding it was comparable to Wembley almost the thing was with

04:40 Wembley was it was a letdown on the pitch but this the 90 minutes tonight

04:46 just took things up a level even more Eddie Howe said that in his pre-match

04:51 post-match press conference at the end and it just made it a historic night and

04:56 it quite an emotional night obviously in you're in the press box you try and be

05:02 as dispassionate as possible but when you see Dan Byrne, Sean Longstaff

05:08 shine on on the world stage if you like the European stage but it's the pinnacle

05:13 of football pinnacle of club football and these local lads are doing it at St.

05:18 James's Park and it's just incredible to see and just how far Newcastle have

05:25 come and progressed in the past couple of years since the takeover and

05:29 they've earned the place to play against the likes of PSG and now they'll be

05:35 turning some heads to top of the group after two games and in the Champions

05:39 League four goals scored just the one conceded tonight after the nil-nil draw

05:44 at AC Milan last time out so yeah just an incredible night for Newcastle

05:50 United and everyone associated with the club and this fine run of form

05:55 continues another game another win clean sheet record does come to an end shame

06:01 about that but hey like I say I just don't think it comes much better than

06:07 that for Newcastle United

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