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00:00I think Volta Marder off the bench has got something to say in this game.
00:04All right, the players are going to back out to the pitch, which means it's time for the second half.
00:07So let's hand you back up to your commentary team, Ali and Darren.
00:10Thank you, Laura. And if we're just watching those replays, I mean, our opinion is that the Berg one's worse than the one on Bruno Guimarães.
00:16I think sure. Yeah. I think sure.
00:18Doesn't make us popular with a new captain's match, but that's the way we see it.
00:21But to follow, I don't want either of them to say no.
00:24Not on a nightline list, no. And I think, you know, that's been a good feature this week in the Champions League.
00:29The referees, whether it's... Yeah, absolutely.
00:31They've all let the game go, haven't they? Yeah, they have.
00:33The three that we've witnessed so far.
00:35Well, Bayern choose the referee, let the game go indeed last night at Anfield, very much the same.
00:40Yeah, I agree with that. And I think the game's better for it.
00:42Yes. Yeah, especially when you pick what's at stake in a competition like this.
00:47So just looking down there, no changes. You'd expect to see Nick Volta Marder at some stage.
00:52And just looking at the Barcelona bench, where they've got the likes of Danny Albo,
00:56Ferran Torres has got a great goal-scoring record against Newcastle
01:01when he was a Manchester City player.
01:03Yeah. And if you were a follower of trends,
01:05then Barcelona might be a pick this season.
01:07Quarter-final losing in 2024, semi-final losers back in April.
01:12So you wonder whether this is the season they can take the final step and get to the final.
01:17If firepower wins you the Champions League, they can do it.
01:20It's just the other end where the concerns might be.
01:22That's exactly what I think.
01:25I think there's a lot of teams with fantastic firepower, I really do.
01:29I think Arsenal might be the best defensively.
01:33I know Liverpool lost two last night, but I thought the centre-backs were pretty solid.
01:37I just think in the tournament itself, Arsenal might be the best defensively.
01:41There's that restart that we see these days.
01:44I remember managers in the 1980s used to be criticised for that kind of stuff.
01:49Now it's very much in vogue, isn't it?
01:51If Hansi Flick can do it at Barcelona and things like that.
01:54Seems to be OK at Newcastle.
01:57I think he could walk across the time though, couldn't Eddie, the job he's done here.
02:02He's done a fantastic job, really likable guy as well.
02:06Do you know what, I think the way he handled himself,
02:08that crisis situation around the East, that was brilliant over the summer.
02:11But you know something, I didn't really expect anything else from Tina Tripp.
02:15Absolutely.
02:17So the second half underway, this is Martín, one of the players who was booked in the first half.
02:22Now Marcus Rashford, who's lost that battle against Kieran Tripp here so far in the main.
02:26Yeah, the dummy aside, where he showed him a clean pair of legs, I think Tripp has more than handled it.
02:35You would expect, Ali, wouldn't you, Newcastle to try and make the kind of start in the second half
02:39that they made in the first one, they were very, very intense for the first ten or fifteen minutes.
02:43Yeah, absolutely were.
02:45I think that would be the plan, and the server looks like Gordon's going to close down there.
02:49Absolutely.
02:50As Dan Byrne said it, doesn't lack for aggression.
02:56Tino Libermento.
03:00As he barns across, that's the first corner.
03:05He does really advance because he knows he's going to get blocked, he knows he's going to hear McCormer.
03:11The challenge coming in from Araujo.
03:14Newcastle attacking the spiritual end here at St James' Park in the second half, the famous Gallagate end of the stadium.
03:23And you wonder whether that can have an impact on their chances of scoring a goal, Burns gone right in there on the goalkeeper again.
03:31Set pieces for Newcastle tonight haven't been great, let's see if they can be better in the second half.
03:35There's a whole gaggle around the keeper.
03:37Corner taken by Ilanga, Burn the target, flicks on and flicked wide by Joel Linton.
03:44That's the first one tonight that's really caused Barcelona a problem.
03:49Well it worked a treat didn't it, they just put it into that area.
03:52Dan Byrne jumps, Joel Linton comes in behind him, just can't direct it.
03:57He gets up well ahead of Kubarsi.
04:02On the target it's a goal, I think, Fletch.
04:06He's got a couple of Champions League goals, Joel Linton.
04:10Newcastle attacking again with Barnes, that's a good block by Araujo.
04:14Lepramento's got Koundé and Firmin Lopez on that side.
04:20So they're going to send Burn into this position where he can try and flick on the Libramento throw in.
04:37Joel Linton is there as well.
04:45They've got Faby and Scher just hovering behind.
04:47Burn stands his ground and flicks it on.
04:51And in the middle of all of that was Marcus Rashford.
04:56Now it's Barcelona's turn to go forward quickly and try and get Rafinha away,
05:00but that's going to run through to Nick Pope.
05:03Nice ball by Anthony Ilanga to Sandro Tonali.
05:16Ilanga's trying to hold his run and he couldn't in the end, he had to go quicker.
05:20He's unlucky, he wants it slightly earlier.
05:25It's lovely football again down the right-hand side.
05:28And Tonali, who nine times out of ten sees the early pass,
05:32I think just delayed it ever so slightly.
05:34Ilanga had to check his run, chance gone.
05:37Firmin Lopez for Barcelona.
05:39Petri.
05:40Looks easy, doesn't it, for Petri.
05:41Robles goals, isn't it?
05:42Yeah.
05:43Such an elegant player.
05:44Rafinha had it fizzed into him, but that didn't faze him.
05:45Here's De Jong.
05:46Well, it goes to Robert Lewandowski, Firmin Lopez and carried on running, that's great.
05:50Balls to Rashford, though, with a shot deflected, good block by a club block for Newcastle.
05:55I tell you what, though, didn't Libermento do well before that to get him from full-back to make the block?
06:00That's great.
06:01That's great.
06:02That's great.
06:03That's great.
06:04That's great.
06:05That's great.
06:06That's great.
06:07That's great.
06:08That's great.
06:09That's great.
06:10That's great.
06:11That's great.
06:12That's great.
06:13He did exceptionally well, I think the pass is a nutmeg from Lewandowski here.
06:20Yep, it is, and he knows exactly what he's doing, he does.
06:23It's brilliant.
06:24Ooh, right in there.
06:25That's a showman.
06:26Yeah, it is.
06:27I think it might have knocked him clean out, you know.
06:29Yes.
06:30Ooh, point-blank range, Rashford on Cher.
06:33Getting back to the move, Darren, I think Lewandowski knows the only way he can make that pass is through the defender's legs, and he does, it's very clever.
06:43So they're going to take a look at Fabian Cher, let's tell you what's coming up.
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07:22Antiflick is back on the bench for Barcelona after an appeal, he was sanctioned by UEFA for misconduct in the semi-final.
07:29Antiflick wasn't he? Yeah, last season, but he is back on there.
07:32Antiflick is back on there, and no surprise they're being very careful here with Fabian Cher.
07:48Newcastle with the substitutes warming up, that's Malik Tiao, signed from AC Milan in the summer.
07:53There's Nick Voltemada, he's had a banana, now he's on the energy drink.
07:57He'll have a stitch when he comes on, Alex.
08:04Nice drink as well, it's enjoying the night.
08:09I didn't realise some of the subs got a hospitality bounty down there.
08:13I'm just thinking if we're ready to go, he'll need the toilet, one of the two.
08:18Good to see him up and about, the big fella.
08:20Yeah, because that looked a very painful one, shade of the face, wasn't it?
08:24Well, Rafa was at Anfield last night, here tonight, for the Newcastle manager.
08:31So Cher off for now, so Newcastle down to ten, this is Pedri for Barcelona.
08:39Sean and Lopez with a flip towards Rashford that didn't come off.
08:43They've scored Barcelona in the last 40 games. I saw that.
08:55So you would suspect that... Yeah.
08:58Fair chance, they haven't had one on target tonight, ten attempts, but none of them have trouble.
09:04Mick Pope to this point.
09:07Cher back on, there's Dan Byrne defending.
09:11Harvey Barnes.
09:20Joel Linton out to Livramento.
09:24Off it goes to Alanga who's too quick for Martine, but there's nobody in there to cross it to, that was the issue.
09:29Joel Linton's arrived now, Gimmarais coming onto it, determined, away by Araujo.
09:35Trippier back to Joel Linton.
09:38Ilanga.
09:40Teasers one in, Koundé there.
09:43And the defensive header for Barcelona.
09:46Trippier.
09:48Delicately done to Gimmarais.
09:50And then Tonale.
09:51Straight at the goalkeeper.
09:52Good ball done, right, Hansi?
09:53Just slightly under his feet, a little bit, Tonale.
09:54Yeah.
09:55It's a little bit straight.
09:56He wants to hit that outside the goalkeeper's left-hand post and make it come in, but the angle wasn't great.
09:59Joel Linton to Tonale.
10:00That's good defending by Kovaci on Gordon.
10:01Yeah.
10:02He wants to hit that outside the goalkeeper's left-hand post and make it come in, but the angle wasn't great.
10:03Joel Linton to Tonale.
10:04That's good defending by Kovaci on Gordon.
10:05Now, Pedri, a little bit of acceleration takes him away from Sandro Tonale and he got it in behind Cher, but Dan Byrne was across sharply.
10:18Lewandowski was the target there for Barcelona.
10:22He just went through in the middle there, Pedri, a little bit too easily for my liking, Dan.
10:43Certain players, not the big clubs, make the game look very easy, Pedri's one of them, he's so easy on the eye, isn't he?
10:51Never looks like he's under any kind of stress or pressure.
10:56Here's Rashford.
10:59Gerard Martin with the ball, Rashford gets back on it.
11:02That's not a very good...
11:03He's across or a shot, not quite sure.
11:08Struggle tonight, Rashford, hasn't he?
11:10He's not really going yet, but it's good pressure put on him, I think it's Guimares.
11:13I'm not sure he'll be too impressed with that.
11:16The England coach looking on, big decisions to make.
11:20In the coming months, Thomas Tuchel.
11:29I don't think Libermento's done his chances any harm tonight, has he?
11:32I will say, I should give an honourable mention to that pass he put through to Langer there.
11:38Brilliant ball in behind Martin.
11:39Come off ahead of Pau Kibarsi, Gerard Martin hits it high.
11:48Tuchel has had two or three goes at this.
11:50Bruno Gimerais wins it back and clips an interesting ball in for Harvey Barnes now then.
11:57Anthony Gordon's in the middle, Joe Linton's trying to get forward as well.
11:59Barnes with a cross, defended by Koundé, gets a second chance.
12:04Livermento, Barnes.
12:05That's a corner.
12:06Not a bad defender, Koundé, you know.
12:07It's not a bad defender, Koundé, you know.
12:08It's not a bad defender, Koundé, you know.
12:10Anthony Gordon's in the middle.
12:11Anthony Gordon's in the middle, Joe Linton's trying to get forward as well.
12:13Barnes with a cross, defended by Koundé, gets a second chance.
12:18Livermento.
12:20Barnes.
12:22That's a corner.
12:27Not a bad defender, Koundé, you know.
12:32Very seldom does he dive into things.
12:45Big fella's on his way in, Dan Burnley, Lange's going to leave it this time for Trippiet.
12:50He's often been the Newcastle provider from set pieces.
12:53An expectant Gallagher's in behind Garcia's goal.
13:01Pace on the ball, burn the target.
13:07Little bit too high even for him.
13:13Similar start to the half, isn't it?
13:15Yeah, it's lively.
13:16From Newcastle, we mentioned that.
13:17Really lively.
13:21Manchester City have got a goal up against Napoli.
13:24Napoli down to ten men, Erling Haaland with the goal.
13:2811 minutes into the second half, so City one up on their opening night
13:32in the league phase of the Champions League.
13:34Lange helps win it back, here's Sandro Tonari.
13:38Bruno Gimaraes, good defender by Fernand Lopez and then by De Jong.
13:43Koundé.
13:44Here's the danger man, Rafinha.
13:48Two back for Newcastle.
13:50Burns across there with Liberamento and Burns lost his balance and Rafinha's got to the byline.
13:56Frenkie de Jong.
14:02Koundé.
14:04Rashford with the header, 1-0.
14:06And in front of the England manager, Marcus Rashford scores his first Barcelona goal.
14:14And his first goal in the Champions League since October 2021, playing for Manchester United.
14:22Setback for Newcastle.
14:24Barely a flicker from Hansi Flick.
14:26And Barcelona one up at St James' Park through Rashford.
14:29Brilliant header.
14:30Top, top-class header, Fletch.
14:33And the beauty of it is the cross, the delivery's got pace on it.
14:37You don't hang it up against that Newcastle back four.
14:40You've got to put in with a little bit of pace and that's exactly what happens.
14:43He just comes off Fabian Scher.
14:46Ever so slightly, actually it's the other way about.
14:49I think Fabian Scher just drops a yard to the left-hand side.
14:54And it allows Rashford that little bit of space.
14:57And that there is as clinical as you will get.
15:01It's an excellent finish.
15:03If you look at Fabian Scher's position in Darlene,
15:07for some reason he just drops half a yard.
15:10And it allows the space.
15:13The ball's played in with pace.
15:15The execution's perfect.
15:17So let's see the Newcastle response.
15:19They've now scored in 41 successive matches, Barcelona.
15:22Rashford the first English player to score for Barca in Europe
15:25since Gary Lineker in the Cup when his Cup back in 1989.
15:31And here he is on the ball again.
15:33Firmin Lopez with the shot, that's deflected behind for the corner.
15:36They've just got to make sure here, Newcastle, that they don't get hit again.
15:40Oh, he's actually looking beforehand at the game, as we often do.
15:49And Marcus Rashford's got an excellent record here against Newcastle.
15:52There's Vic Volcimara, he's got time for one more drink before he comes on.
15:57Jacob Murphy there as well.
15:59Scored in 21 successive Champions League games now, Barcelona too.
16:03So they are a team for goals, they've got one tonight.
16:05And now they've got a corner.
16:07Which Rashford takes at the Lees' end of St. James' Park.
16:15That's Firmin Lopez, Marcus Rashford.
16:19A whip on the cross which is clear as far as Jules Cunde.
16:22Joe Linton, now Gordon, goalkeeper who was in a great position though, wasn't he?
16:27For that kind of situation.
16:28Yeah, but it's not a good ball, Darren.
16:30It's got to go to the right backside of the Barcelona defence.
16:49They look like two players, don't they?
16:51They can just keep the ball in midfield for as long as they want to.
16:54Referees have to stop the game here because of a situation for Fabian Scher.
16:58Now this is a legacy of being hit in the head with that Marcus Rashford.
17:01Can't take any chances, mate.
17:02Shot.
17:03You've got to get him off the pitch.
17:06He wouldn't want to come off, that's for sure, but he can't take any chances, mate.
17:09No.
17:12You see, I'm not speaking ill of anybody in the Newcastle medical staff,
17:15I want to make that caveat, but you can see why it's so difficult
17:18for medical teams to work out the severity of a head injury.
17:22Of course.
17:23Because this looks like a delayed reaction in many ways for Fabian Scher.
17:26Yeah.
17:27Even with the new technology and the new knowledge,
17:29Yeah.
17:30It's very, very difficult to work it out.
17:31We're seeing a prime example of that here.
17:32Of course.
17:33Three changes come in, Ali, by the way.
17:34Of course.
17:35It's going to be four changes, so Tiao's going to come on as well.
17:48So four players, which you don't see very often, four at the same time.
17:52I mean, Tiao's only coming on because you suspect that Fabian Scher's going to go on.
17:55I think so.
17:56So they've taken off Harvey Barnes and Nick Folter-Banner is on for him.
18:11Joel Linton's gone off for Willock.
18:13Ilanga replaced by Murphy.
18:14And then Tiao for the stricken Fabian Scher.
18:18The one that surprises me a bit is Ilanga.
18:43Yeah, I wouldn't disagree with you there.
18:46That's the one that surprised me.
18:48I get it totally, he's wanting to completely freshen things up, but...
18:53Having said that, I mean, Murphy was as good as anybody in the Newcastle team
18:57at creating chances for them last season.
19:00So maybe I'm a little bit out of order in making that comment.
19:02What a season he's had, you're right.
19:04Yeah.
19:05So four changes all at the same time with Newcastle a goal down here against Barcelona.
19:13Tiao who's played in the Champions League semi-final during his time at AC Milan
19:20when they lost the Milan derby over two legs to Inter,
19:23so he's got experience in the competition.
19:25Anthony Gordon who's out there in a more familiar position now wide
19:30with Boltzmann and the big angular German in the middle.
19:44Pretty clear cut.
19:45Big night for a big man, Nick Boltzmann, it's his European debut tonight.
19:53Hasn't played in the European football until this moment.
19:57Signed for a lot of money from Stuttgart.
19:59He's playing in the German third tier three seasons ago, so he's been a rapid rise for him.
20:04Now he finds himself on at St James' Park in the Champions League.
20:13They certainly endeared themselves to the fans with his goal against the Wolves.
20:19Far too close to Garcia by Tonali.
20:24Must be disappointing for Eddie Howe when you think that he's got Dan Byrne to aim at,
20:28he's got Boltzmann to aim at, there's no real need to be that near to the goalkeeper.
20:32No.
20:37Koundé with a nice clip, and that's a brilliant first touch by Rafinha.
20:41Learned that one on the Copacabana.
20:42Lovely.
20:43Here's Koundé, a little back heel, but that's well read by Liberamento,
20:46tied it up by Tonali, but quickly onto it, Dion.
20:51All towards Lewandowski, the first defending for Tiao.
20:58Lopez to Petri.
21:01Martin.
21:03Rashford.
21:10Barca scoring with their first attempt on target tonight,
21:1313 attempts in total, but only one target for Marcus Rashford header.
21:22Petri.
21:23Referee's not even looking, what's he doing?
21:25Well, I'm afraid he wasn't expecting a pass, was he?
21:28Well, nobody was looking to the other side of the field.
21:31What's he doing?
21:34Me and me.
21:35He's only got one job, Ali.
21:43Here's Rashford.
21:44Still plenty of time here for Newcastle, 25 minutes, Dan Bernal under pressure here from Rafinha.
21:59I think there was quite a big sigh of relief on that side of St James' Park.
22:16I think there's St James' Park.
22:17Back.
22:36Flipped on over there by Willock.
22:38Gordon not quite able to get there.
22:40He's not able to get there.
22:44Burn against Lewandowski, Chau away.
22:49Headed forward by Araujo, on it goes by Rashford,
22:52had that been directed better, he might have got Lewandowski in.
22:56Rashford's going to shoot! Oh, what a goal that is!
22:59What a goal!
23:03That went in like an absolute Rashford rocket!
23:06Top corner, Nick Pope never saw it.
23:09Barcelona League 2-0!
23:11And that's a special strike from Marcus Rashford.
23:14Deary, deary me.
23:17That's absolutely majestic.
23:21It's a thing of beauty.
23:24That man should be applauding him with the greatest respect.
23:27That was fantastic.
23:28Write his name down.
23:30What about that for a hit, Ali?
23:32I thought he was attempting to hit it earlier, going on to his left.
23:35He's back on there.
23:36There.
23:37Wow.
23:39I mean, it's just fabulous football from Rashford.
23:42And do you know something?
23:43I think, because he hits it with the outside of his right foot a little bit.
23:47He does, you know, right in the instep.
23:49And it dips at the last minute, I think.
23:53What a strike.
23:54A little bit of a dip there.
23:55And off the underside of the bar.
23:57A fantastic goal.
24:01Well, he didn't celebrate the first one, Hansi Flick, but boy did he celebrate the second.
24:05Marcus Rashford with a quite brilliant goal at St. James's Park.
24:10And Newcastle all of a sudden find themselves 2-0 down and Rashford has signed in really as a Barcelona player tonight.
24:21He got one assist coming in.
24:22He hadn't scored.
24:23He's got two now.
24:24The header.
24:25And that shot that's just gone in and it really has silenced the two-d army.
24:29But the Barcelona fans now thoroughly enjoying their trip.
24:32High up in the stand at the Lees' end at St. James's Park.
24:36And do you know the thing I would say about both his goals?
24:39Although he's playing left in a three, both of them central.
24:42He's coming off the left-hand side, because that's where you're going to get your goals.
24:45He's coming off the left, he gets his head up.
24:47And the second goal, what a strike of the ball.
24:53Well, just for now, Barcelona down to ten because Pau Koubasi has had to go off.
24:59So they're going to have to make a change.
25:01And they're going to send on Andres Christiansen, who's got a lot of experience.
25:08He's had injury problems really as a Barcelona player, but he's going to be needed now.
25:12So he's coming on to replace the teenager, Koubasi.
25:19Well, it's not Christiansen, is he?
25:20That's Ferran Torres, I'm not quite sure what it says on the board.
25:23It certainly said 15 on the board.
25:26It certainly said 15 and seven.
25:28Absolutely.
25:29I was going to say, look, he's changed a bit since he was at Chelsea.
25:34He's shrunk about eight inches there.
25:37Oh, what a goal that was.
25:39So now they're going to send on Christiansen for Koubasi.
25:42That's for Robert Lewandowski, so we are going to see him.
25:46I must say, Ali, it's not lost on anybody that Rashford's responded well to him in making the claim that Trippi was winning the battle between the two of them.
25:59Since then he's scored a header in that shot that Nick Pope didn't see quite frankly.
26:04No, that's the one thing to be fair to the both of us, we're not scared to eat a bit of humble pie when it comes to...
26:09So two changes now for Barcelona in a very strong position with 20 minutes to go.
26:17I think that's why they're such a strong team in Champions League terms.
26:28I mean, they've not been at their best tonight, they've not got Jamal.
26:31Lewandowski's lacking a bit of fitness because he's had injuries, but they've just got goals in them all over the place.
26:36Absolute quality throughout the team.
26:38Newcastle have got to dig deep and they've got to find a way to score the next goal in the match,
26:47which they're capable of, that's a lovely turn by Tiao.
26:50Here's Trippi here.
26:52Orchard for Bruno Guimaraes, you've got the young breathing down his neck,
26:55between them with Tonali as well they've done okay, now they're nerfing.
26:59Hoist it in.
27:01Anthony Gordon's gonna chase it, can't keep it in though.
27:08Well, that goal, yeah, I was just about to say, is there any chance of another?
27:15Look at it.
27:16Completely hits it with the end step and it just dips at the last minute,
27:20gives the goalkeeper absolutely no chance.
27:22Ali, when you look at the flight of it, it's barely moving in the air, the ball, it's so true, isn't it, the strike?
27:27Yeah.
27:28Absolutely.
27:29I'll tell you something else it's done, it's not a hard putter, a dampener on proceedings here,
27:35as far as the fans are concerned.
27:37Absolutely.
27:38I know they'll get going again, there's no doubt about that, but it's kind of knocked the stuff out of them a little bit too.
27:44Manchester City have gone 2-0 up as well now, just like Barcelona, Erling Haaland with the first goal,
27:50and Jeremy Doku against the ten men of Napoli.
27:54Good play, Willock, Newcastle on the move.
27:59Needed to be a better pass, and they might well have got Murphy in, and now this danger going the other way with Rafinha.
28:06Rafinha shoots!
28:11What a switch, what a switch, what a switch from Rashford to create the opening.
28:16What a switch of play.
28:18Look at this here, look at that for awareness.
28:23Might be offside actually.
28:25You know he's wanting to come in on his left-hand side, don't you, I think it's further than it looked.
28:33Yeah.
28:34Frankie de Jong, looking to try and get Rafinha in behind.
28:48He's getting away from Newcastle in a hurry, it's a concerned look on the face of Eddie Howe.
29:00Two Rashford goals in nine minutes, 58 and 67, the header and the rocket.
29:06Barca two up here with 17 and a half minutes to play.
29:11Martin keeps it away to Kieran Trippier.
29:39They've got to be better in situations like that, haven't they, Newcastle?
29:43Yeah.
29:44Too many occasions they've got the chance to get somebody in behind and they've hit the defender.
29:48Here's Volta Marder, first involvement for him since coming on.
29:58Fizzes the ball towards Sandro Tonali, couldn't do a great deal with it, cleared away by Martin.
30:03He's got all the twists and turns, hasn't he, back there?
30:08Yeah.
30:09Mind you, you only need to get caught once, but he's looked fairly comfortable there, hasn't he?
30:18Since he's come on.
30:19Anthony Gordon.
30:20Volta Marder's flick, Bruno, give a right through the shot!
30:27And that was saved by Garcia, but that's just lifted the guy's end and lifted to James' part.
30:35More like it.
30:36Gordon into Volta Marder, lovely little touch round the corner, good strike, comfortable save.
30:41He's got them going again.
30:47Excellent touch from Rashford.
30:52Confidence oozing through Marcus Rashford now.
30:54Oh, he's enjoying it now, isn't he?
30:56Trippi has got back and been brilliant actually.
30:58Yeah, but you can tell that he's got a little bit of a swagger about him now.
31:03It's gonna be a yellow card.
31:05Oh, Firmin Lopez.
31:24What a cramp set again, having Chase Rashford back for Trippi.
31:28You can see it here.
31:29It's a great recovery run by Trippi.
31:31Well, he had to get back, particularly if he's feeling a bit of cramp there, but...
31:34It's just too much that touch there that allows it to come in.
31:38That's probably just overstretched.
31:47Trippi are playing his 37th Champions League game.
31:50He started the final in 2019, it turned out to be his last game for Tottenham.
31:54When they lost the final to Liverpool, so he's experienced.
31:57He's gonna be replaced here as well by Sven Botman.
32:04So, should be his knight, he's done, Botman's on.
32:10Presumably gonna go to a back three, are they, Newcastle?
32:12He thinks so.
32:13We'll just find out in a minute, won't we?
32:15We'll just find out in a minute, won't we?
32:22It looks as though Murphy's gonna be a right wing-back and Libramento a left wing-back.
32:25Yeah, absolutely.
32:26Try something different for the last 14 minutes.
32:38Joe Willock.
32:40Jacob Murphy, storming forward.
32:42Volta Marder and Gordon in the box, Martin defending the cross.
32:49It's an obvious thing to say, but it's good defending.
32:51If you stop the cross at source, you're taking away the threat and the danger,
32:55and they've done that very well.
32:57You're gonna see two more changes for Barcelona, Eric Garcia and Dani Alba.
33:04In the meantime, here's Anthony Gordon,
33:06who shows too much effect to Araujo.
33:09They've just lost a bit of composure, they've just got a bit ragged, Newcastle Alli.
33:12Yeah, that's exactly what's happened.
33:14The look, you'd have to say,
33:17everybody non-Barcelona looked a little bit stunned by what's happened,
33:22particularly the second goal from Rashford.
33:24which we won't get sick of seeing because it's a heck of a strike of the ball.
33:37Dani Alba on the right, Eric Garcia on the left.
33:40Garcia had started all of the matches until tonight, this season.
33:47So the long throw-in incoming, and they've got Volta Marder as well now to join Dan Byrne,
33:51so two very tall players to aim at here, Newcastle.
33:55Bottman's in there too.
34:00Dan Byrne's headed it on, now Bruno Gimarae's jumping, he's beaten by Araujo.
34:04Libermento, the best of crosses, Bottman in there, Rashford's headed, here's Tiao.
34:14Willock.
34:17Nobody going across the front to the goalkeeper.
34:20And I know, if you're looking at that, that's all he can do,
34:23whip it a little bit of pace into the front area.
34:25He's never going to get enough to go to the back post,
34:27somebody forward thinking has to get across the defender.
34:36De Jong's hardly put a foot wrong in there tonight.
34:38Oh, and now there's his pal.
34:39No.
34:40I think it's fascinating because we saw that Paris Saint-Germain team in the Champions League last season
34:51with a very functional midfield three that was brilliant.
34:53Correct.
34:54They do it with two, don't they?
34:55Yeah.
34:56It's quite a job for the two of them to do that.
34:58They just don't give the ball away, they set the tempo superbly.
35:06I know, it makes you wonder, that would be a great game.
35:09I get my head on myself, but that would be a great game,
35:11you just wonder if the extra player in the middle of the park for PSG would make the difference.
35:16Or would the extra attacker make the difference for Barcelona?
35:19Yeah, exactly, exactly.
35:21There's Martín, now Rashford.
35:24Rashford dispossessed by Murphy.
35:38Give her us.
35:40Gordon.
35:42Now Liberamento.
35:44Couldn't they run it well?
35:46They play the advantage here with Rafinha.
35:49Thank you, De Jong.
36:12towards the final 10 minutes
36:18the two Rashford goals separating the teams
36:21at St James' Park
36:22that's lifted through towards Ferran Torres
36:24who takes it well Torres
36:26and went down under Thia's challenge
36:28but it's a fair one according to the Swedish
36:30referee and I don't disagree with him
36:33initially
36:33he does well
36:36Torres he tries to take it to his chest
36:38and cut across the defender
36:39to a certain degree he does it but I don't think it's a pen
36:42couldn't believe he's winning that battle with Gordon
36:44on that side at the moment
36:45now Rashford's just gone down
36:51having collided with Thia
36:52referee saw it
36:54Rashford's saying elbow
36:55I'm pretty sure the referee saw that you know
37:02yeah I think he did
37:03I think he did
37:04I think he was looking at it
37:06let's have a look
37:10see the referee's actually not looking at the ball again
37:17he's actually looking at Rashford and Thia
37:19he'd have missed that one
37:20on that occasion it worked
37:22didn't it?
37:23no there's not a lot in it because
37:25Rashford tries to make a run across Thia
37:28and he just sticks his hand out to block him
37:30so Martin
37:33is coming off to be replaced by Garcia
37:35Marcus Rashford coming off as well Ali
37:37talk us through the goals
37:38the first goal's just a magnificent header
37:41but this
37:42we'll be watching this for a long time
37:44he's cutting across
37:46he comes back on himself
37:47he hits it with the instep
37:48you're right
37:50the ball doesn't move
37:51it just dips ever so slightly
37:53at the all-important moment
37:55smashes off the underside of the bar
37:56what a goal
37:57so confirmation of Martin and Rashford
38:00for Garcia and Olmo
38:04we've got eight and a half minutes left
38:06for stoppage time
38:07and St James's Park
38:09Barcelona have won 11 of their last 16 Champions League games
38:13against English sides
38:14and they get more than two goals a game in general
38:17it's a yellow card for De Jong
38:20free kick for Newcastle
38:21yeah he just tries to go back on himself
38:24Tonali reads the situation doesn't he
38:25Nipson
38:27forces the error on the yellow card
38:30I think the point you'd make Ali
38:32they've got to start making more of situations like this
38:34they're finding it virtually impossible in open play
38:36to generate a chance
38:38so they've got to pick out somebody here with quality from the set piece
38:41yeah
38:41the one thing you would say
38:44you've got to say the goalkeeper
38:45Garcia hasn't really had an awful lot to do
38:48has he
38:48you know for all the pressure
38:51the crowd's intent to stay in
38:52he's not had a lot of saves to make
38:55no
38:55had the most saves in La Liga last season
38:57for Espanyol
38:58he's an Olympic gold medalist back in 2024
39:00Pedri's header
39:03just not quite working for Newcastle at the moment
39:06hoisted up by Guimaraes
39:08Garcia's header not the best
39:11here's Tiao
39:12Murphy
39:13got the nutmeg I think in the end on Pedri
39:18intercepted though
39:21by Danny Olmo
39:22goes firm in Lopez
39:27took it brilliantly
39:28back heel then towards Ferran Torres
39:30Willock was there for Newcastle
39:31I'm going to tell you something
39:32if he'd a look up and saw where Nick Pope was
39:35he just needed to take a touch and chip him
39:38Nick Pope I think was 18
39:40could have been 20
39:41he might have been outside the box
39:42over the way by Byrne
39:59on by Sandro Tonali
40:00only to Koundé
40:01De Jong
40:02Olmo
40:07Pedri
40:09say Ali this is not a result yet
40:23but there's been a bit of muscle flexing this week
40:25by the favourites for the competition
40:26PSG impressive winners
40:28Arsenal with a big win away
40:29Bayern Munich beating Chelsea
40:31Liverpool winning last night
40:32early statements
40:35made by the teams that we think
40:37are going to be there at the end
40:38and you can't underestimate this
40:39tonight's in Barcelona
40:40to win here
40:41the typical away game
40:42on the opening night
40:43the point you're making
40:44I don't know how is it at City
40:46but you could probably throw them
40:47at the equation as well
40:48all against
40:49a good standard of opposition
40:50Inter Milan
40:53one away
40:53in Amsterdam
40:54against Ajax
40:55didn't they as well
40:55I mean it's
40:56there's been some
40:56the teams you're looking at
40:58if you look from the top of the odds
41:00the teams that have been
41:02impressing us this week
41:03Olmo with a ball
41:08to pick out Rafinha
41:09whose touch never seems to let him down
41:11there is Rafinha
41:19one of the quieter nights
41:20I've seen him have
41:20for Barcelona
41:21yeah but
41:22he still does things
41:25that you and I just look at each other
41:27smile
41:27it's got to be football
41:41to keep it from Barcelona
41:43free kick conceded by Chia
41:45when they pop it around
41:46in those tight spaces
41:47it's a couple of minutes of exhibition stuff there
41:48really isn't it
41:49it's like a little rondo
41:50within the middle of the match
41:51Danny Olmo
42:02couldn't squeeze it through
42:04for Ferran Torres
42:05of course they've done this tonight
42:06as well without
42:06Lamine Yamal
42:07and with a half-fit
42:08Robert Lewandowski
42:09it's too heavy
42:15from Sandro Tonali
42:16it's the wrong ball
42:17he should have went one shot
42:19to Leverimento
42:20he's trying to play Gordon
42:21and over the top
42:22the ball was
42:2210-12 yards short
42:24of Gordon
42:25to Leverimento
42:26four minutes to play
42:33this is Petri
42:34for Barcelona
42:35Farran Torres
42:43running to Sven Butman
42:45Rafinha
42:53only to Sandro Tonali
43:04to Leverimento
43:10Newcastle
43:26on the move
43:27with Anthony Gordon
43:28it's high running out
43:29for them
43:29Willick
43:30he's made the run
43:38Willick's come back
43:39the other way
43:40and they're running to trouble
43:40he's got to release him
43:44this could be trouble
43:45you know
43:45this could be trouble
43:46Firmin Lopez
43:47leading the Barcelona
43:48charge with options
43:49all around him
43:49here's Rafinha
43:51little nutmeg
43:55in the shot
43:55Firmin Lopez
43:56wide
43:57and he meant
43:59that nutmeg
43:59as well
44:00don't worry about that
44:00still trying to work out
44:01why he didn't just roll
44:02the ball
44:03with it
44:03to Anthony Gordon
44:04there's Volta Marder
44:13who's not really
44:15been involved
44:16since coming on
44:17he's won a free kick
44:18there
44:18I think that's been the problem
44:33in this second half
44:34they've been trying to force it
44:35never really been
44:37accurate enough
44:39with those passes
44:40I just feel
44:41I just feel as though the second goal
44:42has mentally killed him
44:44you know
44:46I wouldn't say they look short to pieces
44:48but they just look
44:49deflated
44:50should I say
44:52after the second goal
44:54the straight from Rashford
44:55I feel he's pained there a little bit
45:16Murphy's went
45:18getting behind the field bag
45:20but I don't think
45:20he could ever hit him with that pass
45:22he wanted it to come short
45:23just
45:23see where he was
45:25give him a right shot
45:55to Sandro Tadali
45:56and then Volta Marder
45:57now here's Murphy
45:58promising this
45:59that's a good ball
46:00and they get it
46:01Hanson in the ground
46:03and the guard gate ends
46:05with seconds remaining
46:07for a stop
46:08it's time
46:08and there's belief again
46:10at St James's Park
46:11what a call
46:12I mean we spoke about
46:14Barcelona and Rashford's two goals
46:16but this is
46:17beautiful intricate passing
46:19that centre fella does well
46:21the time it
46:22Volta Marder does well
46:23to lay it off
46:24Gordon stays onside
46:26comes to the other side
46:27of Koundé
46:27and a great finish
46:29that is a lovely
46:30lovely great goal
46:31first time balls
46:33the secret
46:34then he comes back post
46:35hits it into the ground
46:37and I think it goes over
46:38the goalkeeper
46:38we'll just find out
46:40yep
46:41we are in for some finish
46:43boy
46:44good news for Newcastle
46:45seven minutes
46:46added on
46:47and they're the team
46:48now with their tails up
46:49Anthony Gordon's
46:50first ever
46:51Champions League goal
46:52the first Newcastle player
46:54to score against Barcelona
46:55and all of a sudden
46:58there's belief back in the stadium
47:00they just want that ball forward
47:08as quickly
47:09humanly possible
47:10now
47:10Newcastle fletch
47:11I mean it came from nowhere
47:14because
47:14they did not look
47:16in any way
47:17shape or form
47:18as if they were going to get a goal
47:20whole tomorrow
47:23Newcastle with a lifeline
47:27a late lifeline
47:28it's amazing isn't it
47:31they just look mentally short
47:33and then they score a wonderful goal
47:35what a six minutes round for
47:38Eddie Howe looks on
47:40Barcelona slowing it down
47:42they looked home and dry
47:45didn't they just
47:46Garcia challenged by Norkey
47:52that looked fair to me
47:53I'm so surprised at that
47:55he looked like he got every right
47:57to go and win the ball market
47:58of course he has
47:58of course he has
47:59I think the reaction
48:01with Garcia might have
48:02earned the free kick
48:03to tell you the truth
48:04well within his rights
48:06to go for it
48:07Barcelona are going to send
48:19on Marc Casado
48:20Newcastle have got to get the ball back
48:27here's Pedrin
48:28Garcia
48:29chasing is Ferran Torres
48:32Sven Bottmann across
48:33good for bending
48:34there
48:34Boppin
48:34anti-flip
48:37wants a free kick
48:38they are going to get one
48:39listen to the crowd
48:44I'll be really surprised
48:46if they just don't go long
48:47here
48:48just try and get the ball
48:50into the Barcelona box
48:52ask a question
48:53so Casado for Firmin Lopez
48:59another one of the players
49:01who's come through
49:02La Masia
49:02this wonderfully fertile
49:04academy at Barcelona
49:06referee's going to book
49:11somebody
49:11Graham Jones
49:12I think it is
49:13on the Newcastle bench
49:14so a yellow card there
49:15but the significant thing
49:18is Newcastle have got the ball
49:19if Newcastle score again
49:28Ali
49:28make sure you're
49:29holding tight
49:30to something
49:30because it's going to
49:32erupt in here
49:33Pedric
49:34excellent from Pedric
49:37Rafinha
49:41Koundé
49:52Dillon
49:53Petri
49:55Araujo
49:57Libermento
50:00brought on by the Newcastle crowd
50:02lifted forward to Gordon
50:04given away by Gordon
50:08but in goes Libermento
50:10to win it back
50:10excellent from him
50:11Newcastle need to be composed
50:13Koundé
50:15they've got men over
50:17at the back post area
50:18here as well
50:18they've got Gordon
50:19off the pitch as well
50:20at the moment
50:20he might be suffering
50:21with a bit of cramp
50:22there's three minutes
50:33of additional time
50:34to play
50:34pre-kick to Barcelona
50:37they just can't
50:41get it forward
50:41I'd be thinking about
50:49flinging Big Dan Burn
50:50up through the middle
50:51in about 10 seconds
50:53or so
50:53absolutely
50:54really enjoyed
50:58watching Petri tonight
50:59Andy Yong
50:59the two of them
51:00fantastic
51:01wonderful exhibition
51:02Dan
51:03look forward by Garcia
51:09Newcastle
51:11looking for the free kick
51:12but they don't get it
51:12Santo Tanale's down
51:15here's Rafinha
51:16Ferran Torres in the middle
51:17pulled back here
51:18there's a good chance
51:19for Danny Omo
51:20that's a brilliant save
51:21from Pope
51:21doesn't he get down well
51:23now we saw one earlier
51:25in the first half
51:26when Anthony Gordon
51:27got a little bit behind it
51:29Danny Omo
51:29does the complete opposite
51:31times are unperformed
51:32meets it perfectly
51:33tries to put it
51:35outside the post
51:36with a bit of swerve
51:36to come back in
51:37great save
51:38shows how strong
51:40they are in an attacking
51:41sense Barcelona
51:42when Danny Omo
51:42can't get a game
51:43Koundé
51:46time running out
51:47for Newcastle
51:48they've got to get the ball
51:49Barcelona don't want
51:50to give it to them
51:51Christensen
51:52Dion
51:53Rafinha
51:55supporters doing their bit
52:10Ferran Torres
52:12it's been quite a week
52:25in the Champions League
52:26he's going to be like this
52:28the rest of the way
52:28we're in for a treat
52:29oh my god
52:29it's been fabulous
52:30absolutely fantastic
52:32Rafinha's just ambled
52:41over there
52:43you presume
52:43it's been clocked
52:44by Glenn Knightberg
52:46Petri back to Rafinha
52:51that looked easy
52:52Rafinha's finish
52:53not as good as normal
52:55which gives
52:56Newcastle the chance
52:57that's a yellow
53:01for Casale
53:02it's crazy
53:03yellow car
53:04with him
53:04dear me
53:04dear me
53:07I don't really know
53:11what to say to that
53:12dear me
53:17at least be subtle
53:20about it
53:21slightly embarrassing
53:22that actually
53:23slightly
53:24slightly
53:26so what can they do
53:30now because they've
53:30got a lot of height
53:31up there
53:31they've added an
53:34additional minute
53:35up
53:35that looked like
53:38a bit of wrestling
53:39with Botman
53:39but he's given away
53:40to the Brimento
53:41now that Bernd stayed
53:42up there
53:42Petri's made the
53:44tackle
53:44Newcastle throw it
53:45I cannot believe
53:47Koundy doesn't go
53:48over the top there
53:49oh Hansi Flick
53:51will be Liverdam
53:52this is going to be
53:55hurled into the
53:55Barcelona box
53:56now then
53:59can this be the
54:02moment for Newcastle
54:03he hopes so
54:04Dan Byrne and
54:08Sven Botman to
54:09way back
54:10Nick
54:10Volta
54:10Marder behind
54:11in it goes from
54:12Liveramento
54:13Byrne gets
54:14something on it
54:15it's in by
54:16Tonale
54:17I say to the keeper
54:19came through a crowd
54:20and that's probably
54:21Newcastle's last chance
54:23and Eddie Howe knows it
54:24I'll tell you what
54:25it's a lovely strike
54:26from Tonale
54:27comes at him
54:28he just keeps it down
54:29well there's the full-time
54:33whistle
54:33and it's Marcus Rashford's
54:35name
54:36up in lights
54:37in Barcelona
54:38his first two goals
54:40for the club
54:40his first one
54:41a well-placed header
54:42his second
54:44an unstoppable shot
54:46into the top corner
54:47of the Newcastle net
54:49Newcastle had first half
54:50chance as Gordon
54:51missed his shot
54:52Harvey Barnes
54:53had a shot saved
54:54by Garcia
54:55they got the late goal
54:56back from Anthony
54:57Gordon
54:58his first ever goal
54:59in the Champions League
55:00but they couldn't
55:01generate a significant
55:02chance after that
55:04and Barcelona
55:05one of the favourites
55:06to win the Champions League
55:07this season
55:08start off their league
55:10phase campaign
55:10with a win
55:11and Marcus Rashford
55:12the hero for them
55:13Ali
55:13yeah a really enjoyable
55:1590 minutes
55:16what a great game
55:17of football
55:17you know
55:18Newcastle as we expected
55:20to come
55:20fire now
55:21from the start
55:22of the game
55:23Darren
55:24they put Barcelona
55:25under a lot of pressure
55:26but if I was going to be
55:27brutally honest with you
55:29mate
55:29I think they lacked
55:31a little bit of quality
55:32that Barcelona
55:33had to win the game
55:34all three goals
55:36were absolutely
55:36terrific goals
55:37well worked
55:38but the man in the match
55:40with the two goals
55:40Rashford's second strike
55:42in particular
55:42was out of this wall
55:43just that little bit
55:44of quality
55:45but a great night
55:45two goals in nine minutes
55:47the difference
55:47both of them scored
55:48by the man on loan
55:49from Manchester United
55:50in front of the
55:51watching England coach
55:52Thomas Tuchel
55:52a big smile
55:53for Marcus Rashford
55:54and three points
55:55on opening night
55:56for Barcelona
55:57full time
55:57at St James' Park
55:58Newcastle United
56:00one
56:00Barcelona two
56:01yeah and Spain
56:03might just be suiting
56:04that man
56:05Marcus Rashford
56:06his two first Barcelona
56:07goals
56:08are back on English soil
56:09and here at St James' Park
56:11which has been a difficult place
56:12seems to come in Europe
56:14but for Barcelona tonight
56:15and for that man especially
56:16he made it look easy at times
56:18he was sensational
56:19Laura
56:20I mean
56:20too often
56:21you know
56:21we've not seen it
56:23consistently from Marcus
56:24but we know the quality
56:25we know the ability
56:26this lad's got
56:27it's great to see him
56:28playing with a smile
56:29on his face
56:30you know
56:30I think it's the sort of game
56:31where both teams
56:32come out with credit
56:33I've got Newcastle
56:34with brilliant
56:34first 60 minutes
56:36in the press
56:36in the organisation
56:37that man in your picture
56:38Eddie Howe
56:39set him up
56:39you know
56:39like the
56:50you
56:50you
56:51you
56:55you
56:57you
57:01you
57:03you
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