(Premier League 2023/2024): Highlights Crystal Palace - Newcastle United

Here come the teams. Referee, Tom Grammel, from Sheffield, that leads the man onto the pitch, flanked by his assistants, Tim Wood and Steve Meredith. It's going to be black and white for Newcastle against the red and blue of Crystal Palace. The fire-breathing machines are on, on the far side of the field, and we can feel the heat and the warmth from them all the way over here at the back of the main stand. It's a pity they weren't a bit near, I think. Newcastle unchanged. Dubravka, Craft, Cher, Byrne, Murphy, Longstaff, Bruno, Anderson. It's 50th Newcastle appearance. Gordon, Barnes and Isak, and we're underway. BBC Radio Newcastle, NUFC TV, black and white stripes, black shorts and white socks kicking towards the goal to our right-hand side in the first half. Dubravka all in yellow, free kick, close to where the away section begins on the far touchline. It's from Ezer, it's high towards the penalty spot. The headers back out wide for Ece Ezer. Left-footed delivery this time, Richards helps it on, Anderson... He's had the half waited too long to hit it, allowed Cher to get right in front of him, get an half a chance. Isak's dropped in on halfway, Cher tries to switch it towards Barnes, it's headed forwards by Munoz, Byrne slides in. That's a good, clean challenge. Throw taken up to Meteta. Cher, but that's good work from Elliot Anderson, look at that. Getting stuck in between man and ball to Longstaff, to the feet of Dubravka, stabbed back inside, giving away to Wharton, that was dangerous. Wharton's shot blocked, Gordon's got it. Longstaff, now a ball from Longstaff, it's come through for Harvey, but he's got a chance to run. Klein gets back to him, Barnes on his right, edge of the area, a backheel to Munoz. I don't think that was a chance, wasn't it? It just came off him. Meta, he slips, then picks himself up, passes it to Ezer, just outside the area, sidesteps his man, still got it, Ezer! ...to set up the shot. Crowley's players swarm around Harvey Barnes as he gets the ball. He's just slipped again, times as he lost his foot. Greasy surface. Here's the free kick for Newcastle, headed on by Byrne, run away by Pallis, share to Anderson, Murphy level with the box, near side, Emil Kraft, inside to Bruno on the floor, Bruno digs it out, Anderson's on it in the penalty area, oh, it's the high bar. Offside. Anderson, Bruno spotted him, obviously the offside flag means that it's a Crystal Pallis free kick. Probably just overhead, I think he's onside there, it would be one where the lines would need to be drawn, but it's close. Nothing significant from Isak. What a shot from Arjou. Three or four shots, all comfortable for Dubravka. Barnes turns, Isak wants it, lifted in behind, and the ball from Bruno to get Isak away, here he goes, Alexander Isak, big by the goalkeeper on the six-yard line, and they're both amused, referee having a look, Isak stayed down, Newcastle still on the attack, Longstaff with a through ball, Isak got away from it, a touch in the box gave the keeper a chance, they both went into the challenge, and Isak's come off worse. Yeah, he looks all right, looks like he just took a little knock. Manderson, didn't he? Keeper's come out, he's done well, the keeper. It's the touch with his head that takes it away from the defender, but also means that... ..the keeper a chance. Next to the centre circle, into the box, Scheer heads it across, it's gone behind, and that is the half-time whistle. Might have been like it so often is when these two teams meet, we said before the match we thought there might be goals, well, after 45 minutes, there haven't been any. No, it's been a typical Newcastle Palace game, hasn't it? Replaced by Lewis Hall, that's the first change, and Callum Wilson comes on for... ..Jake Murphy, I think, we can't see the numbers board, but it is 23, Murphy off, Wilson on. So Isak probably to the left. We'll see. Hall goes to the left side and Anderson goes to the right. The ball has been taken short, Wharton back to Ezer, into the box, thinking about a shot, couldn't find the space, will use it to the right... Newcastle forced back towards halfway, Scheer, wicks from Anderson on the far side, and Craft as well, it's with Craft, on to Anderson, 30 yards out, looking for an equaliser, good play by Craft, into Isak, now into the box, Longstaff, it's gone down, surrounded by Newcastle players. Referee says wait to Crystal Palace, looked like he pointed to the spot, but he was pointing for a goal kick. Newcastle are adamant that should be a penalty. And it's going to VAR, Chris Kavanagh, the VAR, Isak's ball inside to Sean Longstaff. Hughes with a challenge on him, the decision is no penalty, and Sean Longstaff is... I think he's got to stay on his feet, I think he's got to be stronger in that situation, I really do. He feels the contact, we've seen him do it so many times, as soon as he feels contact... To Wilson, on his chest, good take by Wilson. Back to Bruno, something could be on here for Newcastle, on the attack with Anderson, wide right, cross is blocked. Inside to Bruno, still in the Palace half, Craft comes forwards with it again. Inside to Bruno, the cross from Bruno, kept it in, Gordon with him. Hall, that was decent, links up with Byrne, Lewis Hall, don't know if that was a shot, but it was blocked. Now Dan Byrne with a chipped cross, header into Anderson, Elliot Anderson on the end of it, but easy enough for the goalkeeper. Yeah, it wasn't a great deal of pace on the cross, difficult when he... Well, it gets something on it, actually, Anderson. Anderson on halfway, inside to Longstaff. Back towards Craft, but it's short, and it's Will Hughes for Crystal Palace, four on four. White shirt's getting back, Schlupp with a cross, Hughes cuts it back, Mateta! The midfield, back to away Crystal Palace. At Reeder, best ball, he sacks onto it, good play in Gordon, here's Anthony Gordon in the box, can he pull one back? Leighton, beats his man, Gordon, it's saved. Saved by Anderson at the near side, after he chopped inside and got away from the defender. Best chance of the game. And it's come in the 95th minute. Palace just leave it to one another, don't they? All of a sudden we're in.