Newcastle v AC Milan LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Magpies crash out of Europe
Newcastle 1-2 AC Milan: The Magpies lose from a goal ahead to not only fail to reach the Champions League knockouts but miss out on Europa League football
Samuel Chukwueze came off the bench to end Newcastle’s Champions League adventure as AC Milan fought back from a goal down to win 2-1 at St James’ Park.
On a night when both sides needed to win to stand any chance of progressing, goals from Christian Pulisic and Chukwueze handed the Serie A side a 2-1 victory which was not enough to prolong their involvement in the competition following a 1-1 draw between Borussia Dortmund and Paris St Germain in Germany.
Seven-time winners Milan at least have the consolation of a Europa League berth while Eddie Howe’s men, who took a 33rd-minute lead through Joelinton’s piledriver in front of a crowd of 52,037, slipped out of Europe altogether after finishing bottom of Group F in their first campaign since 2002-03.
Relive all the action below:
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
83 min: Giroud and Musah off, Samuel Chukwueze and Noah Okafor on for AC Milan
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
81 mins: Another AC Milan yellow card as Musah booked for a desperate lunge!
POST! Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
79 mins: LET-OFF FOR NEWCASTLE! Leao finds himself clean through, ahead of the defence and he slides the ball past Dubravka but it strikes the foot of the left post!
Leao has to score - he opened his body up as if he was going to go across Dubravka but cleverly played it the other side, however just a couple of inches too far to the left.
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
78 mins: Great work by Joelinton who drives forward and sends the ball out to the right. Almiron fizzes a great low ball across but no Newcastle player can get a foot on it.
Jovic then yellow carded for a foul on Schar on halfway.
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It means that one Newcastle goal would still send them through.
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
75 mins: Around 15 minutes for Newcastle to find a winner (and hope PSG don’t score again against Dortmund). Can the fresh legs help them find a breakthrough? They won’t come much closer without scoring than that Guimaraes effort that was tipped on to the bar.
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
71 mins: Both sides making more subs nows.
For Milan, Tommaso Pobega comes on for Loftus-Cheek, while Luka Jovic is on for Pulisic. Meanwhile, another impressive display from Miley comes to an end as Eddie Howe brings on Sean Longstaff for the talented teenage midfielder
CROSSBAR! Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
69 mins: OH MY WORD! What a save by Maignan to tip that on to the bar!
Newcastle are playing much better again now. Guimaraes curls a beautiful shot around two defenders from the edge of the box. Maignan unsighted but springs to his left and gets a hand on it to push it up on to the crossbar. Unbelievable save!
CLOSE! Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
67 mins: Better from Newcastle. Joelinton feeds Isak on the left, he cuts in and tries to curl one in with his right foot but it’s over the bar.
Replays show it took a deflection off a defender but the ref doesn’t spot it, so a goal-kick.
Newcastle 1-1 AC Milan
66 mins: Newcastle haven’t really settled since that equaliser but they’ll know they need a goal. They give away another corner and Hernandez goes to ground claiming he’s been fouled but the referee is having none of it.
Milan on top though.
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