{"id":27321,"date":"2025-04-09T06:38:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27321"},"modified":"2025-04-09T06:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:38:30","slug":"newcastle-boost-ucl-hopes-as-leicester-suffer-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=27321","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle boost UCL hopes as Leicester suffer again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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LEICESTER \u2013 Newcastle coasted to a 3-0 win over sorry Leicester on Monday to step up their Champions League charge and condemn the Foxes to an eighth straight Premier League defeat without scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eddie Howe’s men, still on a high after winning the League Cup last month, are up to fifth in the table, level on points with fourth-placed Chelsea but with a game in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifth place will almost certainly be enough to secure a place in the Champions League next season after strong performances by English clubs in continental competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But relegation for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s hapless team is all but certain after a solitary season in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitors were 2-0 up in the 11th minute after two goals from Jacob Murphy, the second a tap-in from close range after an audacious effort from Fabian Schar hit the crossbar, and Harvey Barnes added a third before half-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leicester last scored a league goal in front of their own fans against Brighton on December 8 and they are the first side in football league history to lose eight home league games in a row without scoring a goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newcastle boss Howe said his “biggest challenge” had been maintaining focus after the club ended their 56-year trophy drought in the League Cup final against Liverpool last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I can’t compliment them enough,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They are a very down to earth, humble group who want to do well and represent the club in the right way. They have shown that in the last few weeks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howe said the race for the Champions League was “going to hot up”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The next week for us is a big week. We have three really tough games (against Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa) and that will go a long way in seeing where we are at the end of the season.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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