00:00David Batty, and both were certain to be in his first selection as the new boss of Newcastle.
00:05But Dalgleish has answered the first question.
00:08There's no starting place for David Ginola, who's a substitute.
00:12Peter Beardsley will operate on the left side of midfield.
00:15Warren Barton is chosen at right-back.
00:17Robbie Elliott partners Darren Peacock because Philippe Albert is injured.
00:22Well, Dalgleish's return against the Southampton team,
00:25managed by his old Liverpool roommate, Graeme Souness, makes this a high-profile match.
00:29And one in which Mathlu Letizia may yet prove to be the show-stealer.
00:33Only a substitute in recent games.
00:35He's restored today to a team that will line up like this.
00:383-4-1-1-1.
00:41Letizia slotting in behind the frontman Edgil Ostenstad.
00:45Ajoel Berkowitz will operate in front of two central midfield players.
00:51Beresford, who overruns it, and was fouled in the process.
01:00Newcastle, at start of play, are five points off the pace being set by Liverpool,
01:07but they do have a game in hand.
01:14Beardsley asking for it.
01:16Batty.
01:19But Gain finds himself space.
01:22It was deflected.
01:25Just a slight deflection off the side of Richard Dryden.
01:29A bit more pace and it might have isolated Taylor in goal.
01:33It's not time to readjust.
01:49Tether didn't get any distance.
01:51Here's Berkowitz.
01:56Oh, Berkowitz got in the way, because Letizia was behind him.
02:01Had to be a free kick.
02:04I think Letizia slapped his thighs in annoyance there,
02:06and that ball didn't succeed in coming through to him.
02:12Left foot shot was blocked.
02:14Oh, that's lose.
02:15Ferdinand, he must go in.
02:16He has.
02:23Ferdinand in by sheer physical presence.
02:27Kenny Dalgleish
02:29applauds the first goal that Newcastle have scored
02:32under his official management.
02:34It's the first time he's picked the team,
02:36having taken a back seat for the FA Cup replay
02:39in midweek against Charlton.
02:42Not very much today, the team that Dalgleish chose.
02:45He nicked it away from Taylor, as Ferdinand.
02:47Strong enough to keep possession.
02:50Well, it was a mix-up between the two defenders
02:52that really created the chance for Ferdinand.
02:55Surely one of them had an opportunity to get it clear.
03:00Since he took over here in the summer,
03:02wouldn't have bought Ferdinand.
03:05Oh, it's right across his own goal!
03:09Somehow Newcastle dug it out.
03:19Letizia.
03:21To Magilton.
03:25Moncow was in there,
03:27and then Sondham had to look for the early response
03:29to the Newcastle goal.
03:31And they were at sixes and sevens then.
03:37Southampton now with the corner,
03:38taken quickly.
03:40Here's Berkovitz.
03:41Looking for somebody to tee it up to.
03:43Letizia.
03:46Barton can clear it,
03:47but there's no Newcastle player
03:51in Southampton's half.
03:53Oh, no!
03:54Southampton have surrounded Mike Reid,
03:57but in defence of the referee,
04:00he must have had the best view in the ground,
04:02but surely the keeper touched this over.
04:06He did.
04:09Well, they wonder at the dell
04:11just how Southampton have failed to equalise.
04:15Robbie Elliott, the saviour on the goal line
04:17on that occasion.
04:19The job completed
04:21by Darren Peacock
04:23after the header
04:24had gone right back
04:26across the face of goal.
04:30Both Ferdinand and Shearer back.
04:33Well, Gleesh has obviously
04:34demanded a high work rate,
04:35and here's Ferdinand
04:36with those great runs.
04:41Well, from a defensive role
04:43moments earlier,
04:44a link-up with his striking partner
04:46Alan Shearer
04:46and a lung-bursting run
04:48down the middle of the field,
04:49which might well have brought
04:51Newcastle's second goal.
04:53He was always outstripping the defender,
04:56who looked tired in comparison.
05:00just...
05:00Clark!
05:02Close to scoring
05:03for the third game
05:04in succession, Lee Clark,
05:06but it was straight-up Taylor.
05:08Madison's presented
05:09Shearer with a gift.
05:12And still they're struggling
05:14to clear it.
05:15Well, your heart's in your mouth
05:16at the moment
05:17with their silence and defence.
05:19Well, Newcastle have now
05:20had two excellent chances
05:21to give themselves
05:22a two-goal cushion.
05:24The back pass,
05:25if that's what it was by Madison,
05:26never had enough weight on it.
05:28Shearer reacted first.
05:31And his shot straight at Taylor.
05:35Batty.
05:40And it would have needed
05:42to dip very quickly.
05:45It's not.
05:49The Southampton men
05:52can't believe it.
05:54Moncow couldn't have met that
05:56with any more power and force.
05:58Clear, downward header.
06:01Misslock grateful
06:02to force it over.
06:06Second corner.
06:07This time deeper.
06:13It's a goal kick.
06:16It was brought down then
06:19by Elliot.
06:20He could be on his way.
06:22It was a fortunate rebound.
06:24But the result was
06:25that David Hughes was free.
06:28Elliot got across him.
06:29And everybody wants
06:30to have a word with Mike Reed
06:31and help him in his decision.
06:35It's a long way out of goal,
06:37but it was clearly intent
06:38on bringing him down.
06:39And Hughes would have had
06:40a clear free run
06:41into the penalty area.
06:48Chip for the back post.
06:49Oh, it hit the woodwork.
06:52Off the top of the crossbar.
06:57But as close
06:59as Southampton have come,
07:01they're still
07:02denied the equaliser.
07:06Shearer on the right.
07:10Betty.
07:14Beardsley.
07:15Oh, Lee Clark.
07:17That's it now.
07:20All Southampton's hard work
07:23counts for nothing.
07:26A moment's lack
07:27of concentration in defence.
07:30And it's 2-0 Newcastle.
07:32And that surely now
07:33is the three points.
07:38Defenders can only stand
07:39and look when the mistake
07:40has been made.
07:41Neil Madison there.
07:46Just for a moment
07:48losing track of Lee Clark
07:50who scores for the third
07:52game in succession.
07:54It's 2-0 Newcastle.
07:57And free kick.
08:04Simon Charlton takes it.
08:07Oh, his loss drops it.
08:09Yes.
08:10Madison.
08:10They pull one back.
08:13Now, all eyes look
08:15anxiously now at the clock.
08:17Hislop with his hands
08:18on his hips
08:19will maybe feel
08:20that his attempt
08:21to get the ball
08:21was balked
08:23by his own player.
08:26Well, in fact,
08:27there was a Southampton man
08:28who was in front of him
08:28but there didn't seem
08:29to be any deliberate
08:30attempt to impede him.
08:31It's just that
08:32as Hislop caught the ball
08:34he came down on top of him.
08:36He dropped it at the feet
08:37of Madison
08:39into the net
08:40beyond the leg
08:41of Elliott
08:42and it's 2-1.
08:47Letiziae.
08:50Austin Stad
08:51looks for the backheader.
08:54Goal kick.
08:57The playing time
08:58that Mike Reid
08:59has added on.
09:01Darglish peering
09:02over the front row
09:03as the ball
09:05is pumped
09:05towards his team's
09:06penalty area.
09:08And it comes
09:08to Letiziae.
09:10Oh, Letiziae!
09:12What a brilliant strike!
09:15What a fantastic strike!
09:18What a conclusion!
09:30Graham Souness
09:31tries to remain
09:32the calmest man
09:33in the del
09:34and he's done
09:35little all afternoon
09:36Letiziae
09:37but you present him
09:38with a chance like that
09:39and nobody
09:41buries it better.
09:44Everybody in the ground
09:45Newcastle players
09:47among them
09:47and Kenny Dalglish
09:48as well I'm sure
09:50knew as soon as
09:51that ball came out
09:52to Letiziae
09:53in that position
09:53what he tried to do
09:55and it's 2-2.
09:57Would you believe it?
09:59Newcastle 2 ahead
10:02with 7 minutes left
10:04and the 3 points
10:06are snatched away
10:07from Kenny Dalglish
10:08by his own mucker
10:10Graham Souness.
10:13The guys who used
10:14to be teammates
10:15for Liverpool
10:16who played 29 times
10:18as teammates
10:19for Scotland
10:20in deep conversation
10:22as they leave the del
10:24and a scene
10:24of unexpected drama
10:26you couldn't have thought
10:27that it would unfold
10:28like that.
10:29Newcastle were never
10:30quite the cavalier team
10:32of old
10:32that they were
10:33under Kevin Keegan
10:33it was a more controlled
10:35a more efficient
10:36and none the less
10:37effective display
10:391-0 up
10:39then 2-0 up
10:40and surely you thought
10:41they'll shut up the shot
10:42that's the 3 points
10:44but Southampton
10:45for all their hard work
10:46were finally rewarded
10:48a gift for the first goal
10:49which was dropped
10:50at the feet of Madison
10:51and then the absolute
10:52blinder from Letizia
10:54subscriber
10:54he
10:54and
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