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Newcastle train ahead of Champions League tie at Union Saint-Gilloise

Newcastle picked up their first points of the new Champions League campaign tonight as goals from Nick Woltemade, Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes helped them to a win over Belgian champions Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.

The visitors dominated the match from the opening stages as Anthony Elanga and Sandro Tonali created several openings, with the Italian helping to open the scoring as his first-time effort was flicked in brilliantly by Woltemade.

Newcastle tried to press home their advantage from there and were given the chance to do so when Elanga was brought down in the box, with Gordon needing no invitation as he converted from the spot.

And a fortunate second-half penalty meant Gordon finished the game as a contest within 65 minutes, with the visitors putting the icing on the cake with a superb counter-attacking goal finished off by Harvey Barnes late on.