CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT PLAY-OFFS : QARABAG FK VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 18/02/2026 – (PHOTO – ANTHONY GORDON SCORED FOUR GOALS!)

NEWCASTLE UNITED MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY AFTER THEIR ‘GOALATHON’ IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST QARABAG FK YESTERDAY!  QARABAG FK ‘HELD THEIR OWN’ ON THE POSSESSION FRONT THOUGH, RETAINING 55% POSSESSION, AND MAKING 302 PASSES WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, AND 4 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM ELVIN CAFARGULIYEV AT 54 MINS! NEWCASTLE MADE 468 PASSES, WITH A 91% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 20 SHOTS, WITH 13 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 4 BEAUTIES FROM ANTHONY GORDON AT 3 MINS., 32 MINS., (FROM A PENALTY), 33 MINS., AND ANOTHER GREAT PENALTY AT 45 +1 MINS., AND WITH AN EARLIER CRACKER FROM MALICK THAW AT 8 MINS., AND A STUNNER FROM JACOB  MURPHY, THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 6 – 1 WIN TO NEWCASTLE!  

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS : QARABAG FK VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 18/02/2026

EDDIE HOWE & ANTHONY GORDON SPEAK AFTER THE MATCH