Newcastle United 4-0 Crystal Palace: Magpies cruise to victory as Sandro Tonali appears from the bench

Newcastle United romped to victory over a hapless Crystal Palace to move up to fifth in the Premier League.

The home side dominated from the first whistle and took the lead when Jacob Murphy lobbed home in the fourth minute - a goal given after an assistant referee's initial flag for offside on Kieran Trippier was shown to be mistaken.

The Eagles looked set to be very fortunate to go into half time level after Anthony Gordon had missed an open goal on the half-hour mark but Newcastle notched twice before the break to give them a lead which did not flatter them at all.

First, Gordon made amends by volleying home Murphy's fine cross and then, almost straight from the kick-off, Marc Guehi mis-controlled a long ball which Sean Longstaff latched onto and then slid home into the net.

The fourth came on the break midway through the half when Murphy curled a wonderful ball behind the Palace defence which Callum Wilson calmly took under his control and passed into the net.

Sandro Tonali came on as a substitute to a thunderous reception from the home crowd despite the ongoing Italian Prosecutor's Office and the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) investigation into alleged illegal betting activity.

He has never been the most fashionable manager in his near two decades of experience in the Premier League (and many more elsewhere in Europe), but there are certain tenets you could be assured of watching a Roy Hodgson team. The side would look meticulously prepared, every player would know their role, they would remain organised and not easy for opposition to break down. None of this was true on Tyneside. They came into the match with the Premier League's best defence outside of last year's top two. Here they were fortunate to only concede four. They had no answer to the triumvirate of Trippier, Longstaff and Murphy who rode roughshod buccaneering down the right flank.

The transformation from a man who appeared a mediocre Championship winger, to a very dangerous Premier League one in the last 12 months has been extraordinary, but this performance lifted himself another notch. His instinctive lob for the first goal was remarkable, but even better were the considered precision of his two assists gifting goals for his team-mates. An England call-up might not be far away now.

Newcastle: Pope 7; Trippier 8, Lascelles 7, Schar 7, Burn 7; Longstaff 8, Bruno Guimaraes 7, Joelinton 7; Murphy 9*, Wilson 7, Gordon 7.

Subs: Livramento 6, Tonali 6, Almiron 7, Isak 7, Anderson 6.

Crystal Palace: Johnstone 6; Ward 6, Andersen 5, Guehi 4, Mitchell 5; Lerma 5, Doucoure 5, Hughes 5; Ayew 5, Mateta 5, Edouard 6.

Subs: Rak-Sakyi 6, Franca 6, Ozoh 6.

6' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! Murphy with an extraordinary lob after Trippier got behind the defence on the right wing and laid the ball on for him. Initially the linesman raised his flag but replays showed the England full back was onside.

30' OFF THE BAR! Gordon had an open goal to aim at after Johnstone parried Murphy's cross to him on the six-yard box but on the volley he hits the bar.

44' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! This time Gordon didn't miss volleying home Murphy's cross at the far post with his left foot.

45' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! Incredible..Almost straight from the kick off a hopeful ball is launched towards the Newcastle area where Guehi's poor touch gifts a chance to Longstaff and he runs through and makes no mistake sliding the ball into the corner.

58' WARD SAVES A GOAL FOR PALACE! Longstaff plays a ball for Wilson who drilled a low ball for Gordon at the back post but Ward slid in front and diverted the ball over his own crossbar.

66' GOAL FOR NEWCASTLE! Moments after Palace had the ball in the Newcastle area the hosts broke down the other end of the pitch and Murphy delivered a gorgeous curling ball around the last Palace defender gifting the centre forward the chance to control and pass inside the corner.

85' GREAT STOP FROM POPE! A fine free kick from Eduoard curling over the Newcastle wall but Pope outstretched his right arm and tipped over the bar.

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