Manchester United 3 Newcastle United 2 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle players

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It ended Manchester United 3 Newcastle United 2.

A lot of Newcastle fans wondering how we didn’t win that, never mind not even pick up a point.

Eddie Howe no doubt wondering the same.

Newcastle United having easily the more clear cut chances but failing to take so many of them and denied a clear penalty thanks to a shocking VAR decision.

At the other end, some poor defending helped gift at least two of the three Man U goals.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their independent player ratings for this Manchester United 3 Newcastle United 2 match:

As you can see, Anthony Gordon (7.9) getting the top NUFC marks via the automated ratings. He played really well and put in a great shift, took his goal really well and cheated by VAR out of that penalty.

Lewis Hall (7.6) was excellent and topped it off with a quality goal, with Jacob Murphy (7.2) next highest rated.

Joelinton (7.1) came off the bench and got the next highest Newcastle ratings with a promising display, I think for sure he will be back in the starting eleven on Sunday against Brentford.

Stats via BBC Sport:

Manchester United 3 Newcastle United 2 – Wednesday 15 May 8pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Gordon 49, Hall 90+2

Man U:

Mainoo 31, Amad 57, Hojlund 84

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Man U 45% Newcastle 55%

Total shots were Man U 17 Newcastle 21

Shots on target were Man U 8 Newcastle 8

Corners were Man U 9 Newcastle 9