Summary

  • Newcastle beat Qarabag 6-1 in Champions League play-off first leg

  • Anthony Gordon scores four to overtake Alan Shearer as Magpies' outright leading Champions League scorer

  • Malick Thiaw and Jacob Murphy also on target for Magpies

  • Second leg on 24 February

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Charlotte Coates

  1. FT: Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Anthony Gordon takes home the matchball and the Player of the Match trophy.

    Not a bad night's work, eh?

  2. FT: Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Newcastle go over to the away end and take in the applause.

    What a night for those travelling fans.

  3. FULL-TIME

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Newcastle take a very healthy lead back to St James' Park for the second leg of this Champions League play-off.

    Jacob Murphy of Newcastle United celebrates scoring his team's sixth goalGetty Images

  4. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Will Osula squares the ball for Sean Neave and you think he's about to score on his debut but it goes through his legs.

    That must've taken a deflection.

  5. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Joelinton takes the ball on his chest but he's shrugged off by Matheus Silva.

  6. INJURY TIME

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Just three minutes added on at the end of this one.

  7. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    This game could honestly be about 12-1.

  8. 'What a joy for Neave'

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Pat Nevin
    Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tofiq Bahramov Stadium

    What a joy. Sean Neave probably thought the Champions League would not be the place he'd make his debut. Excellent.

  9. GREAT SAVE!

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Jacob Murphy sends in a curling free-kick and I've no idea how Will Osula hasn't scored his header there but it's great save by Mateusz Kochalski.

  10. SUBSTITUTION

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Sean Neave is on to make his senior Newcastle debut as he replaces Harvey Barnes.

    He's from the same area as Alan Shearer.

  11. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Qarabag want a penalty but there's absolutely no way that's happening.

  12. SUBSTITUTIONS

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    A couple of changes for Qarabag as Kady Borges and Emmanuel Addai take the places of Joni Montiel and Abdellah Zoubir.

  13. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Lewis Hall is so good. He beats about four men down the left wing but eventually runs out of gas.

    Should he be starting for England at the World Cup?

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    People are talking about this tie as if was some sort of ridiculous mismatch that should never have taken place. Qarabag finished ahead of PSV, Marseille, Benfica and Napoli, so are in the play-offs on merit, so maybe more credit to Newcastle for thrashing them?

    Paul, Norfolk

  15. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Harvey Barnes loses the middle in the Qarabag half and the hosts break. The ball is played back for Marko Jankovic to hit but it's more like a conversion.

  16. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    This one isn't the best of watches right now but I guess it doesn't need to be.

    Newcastle are 6-1 up away from home and are flying into the last 16 for the first time.

  17. Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Kevin Medina is close to getting on the end of the back post free-kick but Sandro Tonali leans on him just enough to see the ball out.

  18. SUBSTITUTION

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    Kieran Trippier is now taken off for Joelinton.

  19. YELLOW CARD

    Qarabag 1-6 Newcastle

    The first yellow card of the game goes to Malick Thiaw for a cynical drag back.

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    Complain about tiredness with so many games to play, get five goals up at half-time and don't bring any subs on for a runout until nearly 70 minutes in. Baffling.

    Trevor, Poole