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Chris Foy blows for full time
The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time
The game has slowed right down and Portsmouth are keeping possession with ease as they look to run the clock down
Pedro Mendes is replaced by Sulley Muntari
Newcastle can have no complaints with the scoreline after a very dismal performance and Sam Allardyce will have a lot of work to do during the week if his side are going to get anything from the derby against Sunderland next weekend
Obafemi Martins sums up Newcastle's afternoon after sending a free header towards goal and David James somehow, pulled off a magnificent save and tipped the ball over the bar
Kranjcar found Kanu with a deft pass through the Newcastle backline but Kanu couldn't quite connect with the ball and sent it wide of the mark after some brilliant work from his strike partner
Kanu is straight into the action for Portsmouth with a powerful strike that flew just over the cross bar from just outside the area
Nwankwo Kanu replaces Benjani in attack
The Newcastle faithful are definately heading for the gates now, after a shocking defensive performance from the home side
NEWCASTLE 1 - 4 PORTSMOUTH (KRANJCAR) Niko Kranjcar puts the game beyond Newcastle with a free kick that eluded the wall and went past Steve Harper in goal
James Milner is replaced by Emre which is greeted by jeers from the crowd
James Milner worked well with Steven Taylor who found Alan Smith inside the penalty area, Smith then turned and struck the ball at goal and almost saw it go into the net but David James saved despite almost letting the ball go through his legs
Michael Owen shifted his body and looked to curl the ball around David James from the edge of the box, but he hit it first time and it was a comfortable save for James in the Portsmouth goal
Portsmouth appealed for a penalty after it looked like Abdoulaye Faye brushed the ball with his hand inside the penalty area
Obafemi Martins is lucky to still be on the pitch after it looks like he deliberately elbowed Benjani with Chris Foy unaware of any of the goings on
Stephen Taylor recieves intstructions from Sam Allardyce who shows him how Newcastle are going to re-shape, with N'Zogbia looking like he has moved to left back, with Martins joining Smith and Owen in attack
Obafemi Martins replaces Jose Enrique
Sean Davis is booked for a tackle from behind
James Milner and Charles N'Zogbia have switched flanks as Sam Allardyce looks to change things around and get his team back into the game
Jose Enrique was lucky to get away with a terrible mistake after a total break down in communication with himself and Steve Harper, but the Spaniard was fortunate to redeem the ball and clear from safety
Nicky Butt is uphended just outside the area but Charles N'Zogbia failed to take advantage of the resulting free kick which was more of rugby proportion with his conversion
Newcastle are pushing forward and definately taking the game to Pompey who will have to weather the storm if they want to keep their lead
Newcastle's medical staff jump to their feet as Alan Smith recieved a nasty blow to the back of his head and it looks a bit messy
Portsmouth get the game back underway as Newcastle look to come back into the game and retrieve at least a point
Chris Foy blows for half time and the Newcastle team leave the field to the sound of boo's
The fourth official indicates two minutes of added time
Charles N'Zogbia placed a lovely ball in behind Portsmouth for Michael Owen to make a clever diagnal run but the ball was too heavy and it went out for a goal kick
Glen Johnson once again commits a foul on Alan Smith and escapes a yellow card despite his constant reoffending for Portsmouth
The Newcastle players complain about Niko Krancjar who goes into a tackle with Joey Barton with his stoods raised
Sam Allardyce has a word with Alan Smith after the striker smashed into Sean Davis way after the ball had gone and was lucky not to go into Foy's notebook along with Butt
Nicky Butt is booked for a foul on Papa Boupa Diop and will miss the Tyne Wear derby next weekend
Joey Barton failed to get over the top of his shot and sent the ball around a mile over the bar and into the Leazes End
Portsmouth have left the game wide open despite leading 3-1 and Newcastle are believe it or not still in this game
Sylvan Distin is booked for a foul on Alan Smith to the delight of the Newcastle supporters
Stephen Taylor shows his determination by surging forward from right back and getting into the opposition penalty area but unfortunately couldn't keep the ball in play
Noe Pamarot looks in pain and leaves the field of play with the Physio who gives him some needed attention
Benjani did well to lay the ball off to Sulley Muntari who was at least fourty yards from goal and smashed a fierce shot at goal which went only inches over Steve Harper's crossbar
Michael Owen complains to the referee about a synical foul on him by Glen Johnson, who gets away without a booking from Chris Foy
Newcastle are showly but surely reviving themselves from the shock start to the game but their defending is absolutely shambolic and look certain to concede more goals
James Milner goes straight through a tackle with Papa Boupa Diop and gets up and throws his arms up towards the supporters in the stand, urging them to get behind the team
Cacapa is replaced David Rozehnal
NEWCASTLE 1 - 3 PORTSMOUTH (CAMPBELL O.G) Sol Campbell puts the ball into the back of the net after David James had initially saved Michael Owen's shot
The boo's are ringing around St James' Park and some fans even look like they are heading for the turnstiles
NEWCASTLE 0 - 3 PORTSMOUTH (UTAKA) John Utaka rounds Steve Harper and bags a third goal to put pomey three up within the first eleven minutes
NEWCASTLE 0 - 3 PORTSMOUTH (BENJANI) Benjani did well to hold off Stephen Taylor just inside the box, turned onto his left foot and placed the ball around Steve Harper and into the corner of the goal
NEWCASTLE 0 - 1 PORTSMOUTH (PAMAROT) Noe Pamarot with a ferocious strike to put pompey ahead early on
A lightening start to the game with both teams showing good intent to attack each other
A great start to the game with Alan Smith going close with a well placed shot that went just wide of the mark for Newcastle
Newcastle get the game underway here at St James' Park
Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
Sam Allardyce makes five changes from the defeat at Reading last week, Alan Smith, Steven Taylor, James Milner, Charles n'Zogbia and Steve Harper all come into the starting line up as Newcastle look to keep their undefeated home record this season.
Portsmouth Line-up: James, Pamarot, Distin, Campbell, Johnson, Davis, Muntari, Diop, Utaka, Kranjcar, Mwaruwari
Newcastle Line-up: Harper, Taylor, Faye, Cacapa, Jose Enrique, N'Zogbia, Butt, Barton, Milner, Smith, Owen
Two of the leading English managers cross swords at St James' Park on Saturday when Sam Allardyce's Newcastle United side entertain Harry Redknapp's in-form Portsmouth. United have been excellent at home so far this season, taking 13 points from a possible 15, but have been woeful on their travels winning only one point from their last four away matches since beating Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on the opening weekend of the campaign. Their inconsistency was highlighted last week when they strolled past Tottenham on Tyneside before producing an insipid display in the 2-1 defeat at Reading. Saturday's game would appear to have come too soon for Mark Viduka, who has not yet recovered from the calf injury he sustained in the 3-1 defeat at Manchester City, so Allardyce looks set to persevere with a strike partnership of Michael Owen and Oba Martins. Allardyce has admitted that he still does not know his best team, but he will once again be without long-term injury victims Peter Ramage, Stephen Carr and Damien Duff. Pompey boss Redknapp has been rewarded for his sterling work since returning to Fratton Park from Southampton by penning a new contract this week. The south coast side travel to the north-east on the back of a six-match unbeaten run in the league, and apart from the amazing 7-4 win against Reading at the end of September, they have kept five clean sheets in that sequence. They have been particularly impressive on their travels, winning their last three away matches without conceding a goal. Included in that run was a 1-0 victory at Blackburn - Rovers' only league defeat so far this term - before three-points haul from visits to Fulham and Wigan Athletic.
Rampant Portsmouth enjoyed their first win at Newcastle since 1949 in a one-sided game that saw the Geordie fans jeer their players from the pitch both at half-time and full-time. It was the first time that Newcastle had lost by such a heavy margin since the days of Graeme Souness against Fulham just under three years ago. While Pompey will rightly take the plaudits, Newcastle were woeful and inept and got exactly what they deserved on the eve of the Tyne-Wear derby. It was Newcastle's first home defeat of the season and, after conceding just four goals in their previous games at St James' Park, Pompey doubled that tally. And to compound their misery, Newcastle will now head to the Stadium of Light without Nicky Butt whose first-half caution was his fifth of the season. Sam Allardyce rang the changes to his Newcastle side showing exactly what he thought about the lack-lustre defeat at Reading. Out went Emre, Obafemi Martins, skipper Geremi and defender Habib Beye, who did not even make the bench, while Shay Given failed a fitness test on a slight groin strain. Steven Taylor was recalled at right-back and Alan Smith started alongside Michael Owen while Charles N'Zogbia and James Milner were in midfield along with Butt who was given the captain's armband. After David James pulled off an excellent save to deny Smith, Pompey stunned the home crowd with a three-goal salvo within the space of just four minutes. Each time the United defence was torn to shreds as first Noe Pamarot, then Benjani and finally John Utaka exploited some woeful defending. Pamarot got the ball rolling after eight minutes with a 25-yard thunderbolt from a Butt clearance following a corner. Within 60 seconds it was 2-0 when Benjani outmuscled Claudio Cacapa to curl a left-footer beyond Steve Harper and then the Brazilian defender was to blame again after 11 minutes as Utaka made it 3-0. Effectively it was now a damage-limitation exercise for shell-shocked Newcastle as Allardyce raced from directors' box to the dugout. An own goal threw Newcastle something of a lifeline on the quarter-hour mark when a N'Zogbia shot rebounded to Owen whose shot struck James and rebounded off Sol Campbell and into the net. Allardyce hauled off Cacapa and replaced him with David Rozenhal after 17 minutes and the Czech defender got away with a blatant handball which was somehow missed by the over-fussy referee Chris Foy. An early second-half strike was necessary if Newcastle were to have any hope of clawing their way back into the game, but frankly that never looked likely. Newcastle looked like a schoolboy team as they launched aimless balls forward hoping for a break rather than creating an opening. Martins and Emre replaced Jose Enrique and the disappointing Milner as United's powder-puff attack failed to produce any worthwhile efforts. And it was Pompey who added insult to injury after 71 minutes when a Niko Krancjcar free-kick from the left was whipped in and missed by Taylor and ended up in the back of the net to end a miserable day for Newcastle who saw their disgruntled fans pile out of the stadium.
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