Ole said this was going to be our toughest test, and he was right.
Newcastle, especially in the first half, played to their strengths. With our full backs high up the pitch, they countered with long balls into channels and got into good areas on numerous occasions. Fortunately for us, they didn't have the attacking quality to finish their chances.
In regards to us, we started quite well. Got the ball out to Martial and got him in a few 1v1 situations and had some decent interplay in and around the box but didn't come to much.
Second half we had more control of the game and controlled Newcastle's counters a bit better, but we still struggled to break them down.
Thankfully, a mistake from Newcastle's keeper and great reactions from Lukaku, gave us the lead.
At 1-0, Newcastle had to push for the goal and were vulnerable on the counter, which is where our second goal came from, courtesy of Rashford.
All in all, it wasn't a great game, but we got the win and more importantly kept a clean sheet.