Manchester United were defeated 2-0 by Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday night. Here are all the talking points and match highlights from Old Trafford.
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00:00Manchester United were hoped for a brighter 2025 after their year came to an end with a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United.
00:09The truth be told, it could have been a greater margin of victory for the visiting side,
00:14who were two goals up within the first 20 minutes.
00:17Goals from Joel Whelton and Alexander Izak, they also had a third disallowed offside.
00:22The margin was far greater than that though, Newcastle dominated from start to finish.
00:27Manchester United were rejuvenated in the second half of the match, but it was well over by then.
00:32Ruben Amirani made four changes from the side that lost to Wolves on Boxing Day.
00:37Marcus Rashford was back in the squad, he was the only substitute on the bench though.
00:42He was only really needed to make up the numbers of Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Lugati, both suspended for this match.
00:49Matthijs de Ligt came back in, so did Joshua Zirkzee, the number 10 role behind Rasmus Huygens.
00:54He only lasted 42 minutes before he was humped by Fabio Neyno.
00:59There were cheers and some applause when Joshua Zirkzee was taken off.
01:03He was born, but the truth is that any United player could have been taken off,
01:07and there was such a cool start to the match.
01:10Sandro MartÃnez and Casemiro both really struggled as well.
01:14United could have been three or four behind on the halftime break,
01:18but they did waste some good opportunities of their own.
01:21Rasmus Huygens had a shot just wide and it got a goal.
01:25Harry Maguire headed against the post, and Lenny Yorow set a header just wide in the second half.
01:31And as we said, there was no real contest.
01:34United were much better in the second half, but the foul was so low to beat that that really isn't an achievement either.
01:40Ruben Amirani did a great job on any footballer's team tonight.
01:44A wasted squad of talent, so many players who just weren't good enough.
01:48And once again, the quality was there to show.
01:51Newcastle fans, an excellent voice here in an empty Old Trafford.
01:56Full-time, Manchester United 0, Newcastle 2.
01:59I'm making absolutely no complaint about that one.
02:02Eddie Howside, by far the better team.