Newcastle climb to third place in the Premier League

Newcastle defeated Ipswich 3-0 in round 34 of the Premier League to temporarily climb to third place on the rankings.

Newcastle into top 3 of Premier League after victory over Ipswich - Photo: REUTERS

In the match on the evening of April 26, Newcastle proved to be too strong for Ipswich - a team in the bottom group of the rankings. The home team completely controlled the game after the opening whistle. In addition, Ipswich suffered a heavy loss when Ben Johnson received a second yellow card and left the field in the 37th minute.

However, Newcastle had to wait until the 45+4 minute to find a way into the Ipswich goal. Even more noteworthy was that Newcastle's goal came from the 11m mark thanks to striker Alexander Isak.

In the second half, Newcastle continued to dominate the game but they easily found a way into Ipswich's goal. In the 56th minute, Kieran Trippier crossed the ball for Dan Burn to head into the Ipswich net, scoring the goal to increase the score to 2-0 for Newcastle.

Newcastle's resounding 3-0 victory was sealed in the 80th minute. William Osula headed home Trippier's corner kick, scoring Newcastle's third goal. With this victory, Newcastle have 62 points, temporarily climbing to third place.

Newcastle are only 5 points behind second-placed Arsenal but have played one more game. The Magpies are 1 point ahead of fourth-placed Man City, and 2 points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea. In the earliest match of round 34, Chelsea defeated Everton 1-0.

As for Ipswich, a 0-3 defeat to Newcastle officially relegated them. Thus, the Premier League has fully determined the 3 relegated teams: Leicester, Southampton and Ipswich.

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