Newcastle vs Borussia Dortmund LIVE: Champions League newest rating and aim updates after Felix Nmecha aim

48 minutes: Practically! Dortmund work the ball properly up the pitch and feed it over to the left facet the place Niclas Fullkrug collects the ball. He flicks a cross into the field and virtually finds Marco Reus just for Nick Pope to return off his line and pluck the ball out of the air.

Newcastle get the match restarted at St. James’ Park needing to combat again to get themselves into the sport. The rain is pouring down however the followers are in full voice and can cheer the crew on till the ultimate whistle.

Dortmund lead an exciting Champions League conflict at St James’ Park after this Felix Nmecha end. It’s been end-to-end stuff to date, however Newcastle are behind and are in want of a response.

After some technical difficulties, we’re again in enterprise.

It’s been an attention-grabbing first half at St. James’ Park with each groups creating loads of probabilities within the opening quarter-hour. Nick Pope has been known as into motion on quite a few events with Gregor Kobel as denying Anthony Gordon twice on the different finish.

The impasse was damaged proper on the finish of the half although after a beautiful transfer from the guests.

Nico Schlotterbeck lunges ahead and tackles Anthony Gordon inside his personal half earlier than sending the ball ahead and sprinting out to the left for an overlapping run.

He receives the ball again, carries it into the penalty space then pulls it again to Felix Nmecha who calmly guides a side-footed effort previous Nick Pope to open the scoring!

Ought to Newcastle win tonight they’ll stay prime of Group F and will probably be one step nearer to reaching the knockout rounds. There’s a few adjustments within the crew and the Magpies received’t have Sandro Tonali on the pitch from the beginning.

The Italian ought to make an look later within the match however with a ban from soccer on the horizon, Eddie Howe might wish to give his different midfielders expertise of the European top-flight.

Joe Willock is again within the Newcastle matchday squad for the primary time since struggling a hamstring damage in opposition to Brighton in Could.

The midfielder performed within the Europa League throughout his time at Arsenal however has but to look within the Champions League. Will he make his debut tonight?

Newcastle go into tonight’s sport on the again of an eight-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

The Magpies have scored extra objectives (24) than another Premier League facet this season and have additionally registered extra pictures on track contained in the field (46), transformed extra of their makes an attempt (18.9%) and scored extra ‘huge probabilities’ (20) than another crew within the division.

The Newcastle boss stopped by TNT Sports activities forward of kick off to speak about his crew’s experiences within the Champions League to date.

“Now we have to look again on the PSG sport and what we did nicely.” He mentioned, “After we play at our greatest right here, our off-the-ball work is a key function.

“This will probably be a unique sport, although. Dortmund are an excellent crew, very harmful. At dwelling certainly one of our key hallmarks is our depth and I don’t suppose we should always change for Europe.

“Dortmund have totally different strengths and we’ve got to attempt to fight these, we’d like the gang like an additional man, that’s our duty early within the sport.”

Howe’s full ideas may be heard beneath:

So Sandro Tonali has supplied Newcastle with larger issues than the conundrum of if and the way he and Bruno Guimaraes can play collectively. Not least as a result of there may be the very actual risk that the Italian and the Brazilian, some £100m of imported class, could also be quickly barred from taking the sphere collectively. Not, it needs to be mentioned, by something Guimaraes has accomplished.

Investigations by the Italian police and the Italian Soccer Federation resulted in Tonali’s removing from the Azzurri squad. Ought to he be banned for unlawful betting on soccer, the £50m signing’s season, which started with one of many nice debuts in Newcastle historical past, could possibly be abruptly curtailed. The precedents from Tonali’s homeland aren’t promising: the Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli will serve a seven-month suspension for playing on video games. In Tonali’s case, there’s a vital distinction which may improve the sanction: he reportedly admitted to betting on AC Milan matches. Which, as he was their midfield fulcrum on the time, compounds the offence. The utmost penalty potential is a three-year ban.

Tonali could also be extra symptom than reason for a wider subject, extra sufferer than offender. His agent, Giuseppe Riso, mentioned the 23-year-old suffers from a playing dependancy. If that’s the case, he isn’t alone: so does Ivan Toney. The Brentford and England striker scored 20 Premier League objectives final season: he has none to date this season for the straightforward motive he’s mid-way by means of an eight-month ban for betting, together with on his personal groups to lose in video games the place he was not taking part in.

Borussia Dortmund are backside of Group F with one level from their two Champions League matches to date however they’ve received every of their final 5 Bundesliga fixtures.

“They’re a prime facet with some actually good gamers,” mentioned Sean Longstaff forward of the sport.

“Their fanbase is much like ours and we’re two related golf equipment. [It will be] an evening that every one gamers will wish to be part of.”