Here are your latest Newcastle United headlines for Saturday, April 15.
Aston Villa 3-0 Newcastle United: The Villa Park nightmare continues for the Magpies
Newcastle United reserved their worst display of the season at Villa Park on a day when they never looked like scoring.
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After brilliant displays on the road at Brentford and West Ham, they were no match for Unai Emery's resurgent Aston Villa as their Champions League hopes suffered a major scrape in the second city. Unfortunately, for the Magpies they ran into Villa on their best afternoon of the campaign so far with Ollie Watkins in superb form in front of the watching England boss Gareth Southgate.
Given Newcastle have been relegated at this venue twice in 2009 and 2016, the pain after this defeat felt rather mild in comparison. However, Eddie Howe's internal inquest over where it all went wrong will start immediately.
Kieran Trippier expects Eddie Howe 'to go mad' after Newcastle's Aston Villa defeat
Kieran Trippier says Newcastle United “weren’t right” at Villa Park. The 3-0 defeat dented Newcastle’s Champions League hopes in their heaviest defeat of the season.
The Magpies trailed 1-0 at the break before two Ollie Watkins goals in the second half cemented the defeat on a day in which little when right for the visitors. Villa hit the post and the crossbar in the first half and, despite bringing on Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron on early in the second period, United were unable to turn the tide.
Trippier told BT Sport: "From minute one we knew we weren't right. Aston Villa came out of the traps quickly. The way we played wasn't ourselves."
No one safe at Newcastle, brutal Aston Villa 'welcome' and Anthony Gordon's reaction - 5 things
Newcastle United have suffered their heaviest defeat of the campaign following a 3-0 loss against Aston Villa at Villa Park as the Magpies' winning run came to an abrupt end.
Jacob Ramsey gave the dominant hosts the lead in the 11th minute before man of the match Ollie Watkins grabbed a second-half double on an afternoon where Newcastle were repeatedly taken apart far too easily.
Here are five things we learned from the game.
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