Newcastle snatch victory in seven-goal thriller against Leeds

Harvey Barnes snatched a 4-3 victory over Leeds as Newcastle served up a seven-goal Premier League thriller of which Kevin Keegan would be proud.

On a night when it was announced that the man known on Tyneside simply as ‘King Kev’ is undergoing treatment for cancer, the team for which he played and then managed twice laid on a madcap 90 minutes during which the visitors led three times.

The excellent Brenden Aaronson twice and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, from the penalty spot, put Leeds ahead, but Barnes, Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes levelled to set up a grandstand finish in which Barnes won it front of a mesmerised crowd of 52,176.

Leeds goalkeeper Lucas Perri enjoyed an escape after 14 minutes when he dropped Malick Thiaw’s looping header from Lewis Hall’s free-kick under pressure from Fabian Schar, who prodded the ball into the empty net, only for referee Michael Salisbury to rule he had been fouled, and that rather set the tone.

Anton Stach drilled a 25th-minute shot into Nick Pope’s midriff after Guimaraes had been dispossessed 25 yards out, but Lewis Miley flicked a header over from the Brazil international’s corner at the other end as the home side responded.

Pascal Struijkglanced a header wide from Stach’s corner, but Perri made a good low save to keep out Barnes’ 31st-minute strike after he had combined with Anthony Gordon before carving his way towards goal.

However, it was Daniel Farke’s men who took the lead seconds later when, not for the first time, Thiaw was caught in possession by Calvert-Lewin and Aaronson took full advantage with a smart finish.

Newcastle were back in it within four minutes, Barnes finishing from close range after Guimaraes, Gordon and Nick Woltemade had exchanged passes deftly inside the