Carroll gets Magpies back on track

19 September 2009 17:30
Andy Carroll's second goal in four days helped Newcastle to a 3-1 stuttering victory over bottom-of-the-table Plymouth as the Magpies returned to winning ways. The Gateshead-born striker blasted home six minutes from time to seal the win after Kevin Nolan had converted substitute Danny Guthrie's 61st-minute cross. But Chris Hughton's men were made to work all the way to the whistle as Karl Duguid's 50th-minute equaliser, which cancelled out Steven Taylor's opener, threatened to hand Argyle some reward for their 818-mile round-trip to Tyneside. On the 10-year anniversary of the late Sir Bobby Robson's first home game as Newcastle boss - an 8-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday - his latest successor sent his side out looking for a response. Wednesday night's 2-1 defeat at Blackpool was the Magpies' first of the season and knocked them off the top of the table, but they wasted little time in bouncing back in front of a crowd of 42,898.

Source: Eurosport