NEWCASTLE: It took Newcastle United 15 games to record their first Premier League win last season - this time they've done it in one.
Two second-half crackers from Fabian Schar and Callum Wilson ensured an electric St. James' Park was lit up black and white on the opening day of the top-flight season, with newly promoted Nottingham Forest put to the sword.
And the struggles of the opening days of 2021/22, with a backdrop of Mike Ashley ownership and Steve Bruce in the dugout, now seem like a distant memory.
The emotion of the encounter could not have been captured any better by the United faithful, with a banner unfurled pre-kick-off lauding the impact of the club's new owners, headed by majority shareholders PIF, stating: “It's a new dawn, it's a new day, a new life for NUFC ...