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Slick Newcastle jump-start European campaign in style
The Independent
|October 02, 2025
Woltemade (17), Gordon (43 pen, 64 pen), Barnes (80) Nick Woltemade answered Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s “idiot” jibe in perfect style as he scored for the third time in four games as Newcastle cruised to a 4-0 victory at Union Saint-Gilloise.
The 23-year-old, whose club record £69m transfer fee was heavily criticised by the Bayern Munich executive in the run-up to the game, scored with a clever 17th-minute flick which went in off defender Kevin Mac Allister as the Magpies secured their biggest win in the competition’s group phase.
Anthony Gordon’s penalty double either side of halftime and Harvey Barnes’ late strike secured the points at Lotto Park on a night when Sandro Tonali and Anthony Elanga shone in a first away win in the competition since Sir Bobby Robson’s side beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in February 2003.
Victory earned the Magpies’ first points of the competition after their opening defeat to Barcelona.
This story is from the October 02, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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