Newcastle hammer Brentford 5-1 at St James' Park to move into the top six of the Premier League

Newcastle hammered Brentford 5-1 at St James' Park to move into the top six of the Premier League after a star performance from Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes. Bryan Mbeumo thought he'd opened the scoring after 10 minutes for Brentford, beating the advancing Newcastle backline before firing through a limp Nick Pope save, but VAR intervened to overrule the goal for offside. Ad Newcastle, buoyed by the cancellation of Brentford's opener, took the lead when Bruno Guimaraes got on the end of a creative corner routine.

FootballGuimaraes: Stay up this season, then Newcastle aim to win Champions League07/02/2022 AT 18:36 Almiron played the corner down the line to Kieran Trippier who hung it up at the far post for the unmarked Brazilian to place his header just out of reach of the diving Raya. They could, and perhaps should have doubled their lead almost immediately when first Callum Wilson, then Jacob Murphy had dangerous shots within a minute of the restart. Baptiste slipped cleverly through the Newcastle defence midway through the first half, but his shot lacked the power to beat Pope even at close range.

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