Newcastle beat Brighton 3-1 to dent their European bid | OneFootball

Newcastle United defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in the Premier League at St James’ Park on Saturday.

Nick Pope denied Jack Hinshelwood early in the game as the Seagulls probed for an opener. Carlos Baleba then rattled the woodwork with another chance.

The Magpies came close to opening the scoring in the 11th minute, but William Osula fired just wide.

Osula broke the deadlock after Bruno Guimaraes’ through ball drew Bart Verbruggen off his line. Jacob Murphy squared for the Dane to head into an empty net.

Dan Burn doubled the Magpies’ lead after 24 minutes, heading home Guimaraes’ corner on his 150th Premier League appearance.

Pope nearly handed the visitors a lifeline as his clearance struck Hinshelwood and hit the post. Joe Willock was then denied at the other end by Verbruggen.

He was called into action after the break, denying Kaoru Mitoma from close range.

Hinshelwood pulled one back for the visitors in the 61st minute, finishing off Danny Welbeck’s cute pass.

Pope kept out Charalampos Kostoulas’ acrobatic effort before Yankuba Minteh squandered a glorious opportunity to draw the Seagulls level from six yards out.

Harvey Barnes completed the scoring after he was found by Yoane Wissa to seal the victory in stoppage time.