The trio of Ayoze Perez allows Newcastle to survive the rebirth of Southampton | Soccer

It is unlikely that Newcastle United fans will find even the richest and most forgiving Easter egg as satisfying as the evening that earned them the Premier League status of their team for another season. A yellow card that should have been red, a clever second half pbad at 4-4-2, two intelligent substitutes and four spectacular goals, including three scored by Ayoze Perez, the match continued.

In fact, it was so good that for 90 minutes, local fans virtually forgot the deadlock between Rafael Benítez and Newcastle owner Mike Ashley about the negotiations to extend a contract management which expires in June. At the final whistle, Perez scored his first hat trick in English football. Reluctance worries, though sluggish, still lingered for a Southampton team that started and ended badly but impressed between the two.

Ralph Hasenhüttl's men survived a second-minute penalty call after Pierre-Emile Højbjerg seemed to occupy the surface, but referee Anthony Taylor did not buy it, to the chagrin of Benítez.

If the Newcastle manager was slightly angry about this little appearance, he was downright disgusted when James Ward-Prowse escaped with a yellow card after a cynical badessment of the body of Miguel Almirón, who had launched a quick counter-attack . Considering that Ward-Prowse was the only remaining marker between the Paraguayan playmaker and Angus Gunn's goal, all those who wore black and white were convinced that it was the denial of a net goal opportunity and an automatic red card.

It is likely that Taylor decided to prevent the dispatch of Ward-Prowse because, at the time of the facts, Almirón was still in his half of prison, but this judgment provoked an avalanche of swear words in Spanish from the local director , generally more measured, which does not Kevin Friend, the fourth manager, seems to have appreciated the fact to "calm down".

Since the check was so flagrant, she probably deserved a dismissal and a real sense of justice came when Perez scored two goals in quick succession.

His first match started with Ki Sung-yueng, dispossessing Højbjerg, then Pérez with a nice pbad that left the Spanish striker back to the goal at the edge of the area and still had a lot to do. Fortunately for Benítez's blood pressure, he was more than equal, tending to Maya Yoshida to pivot superbly and direct a low angle shot through Jan Bednarek's legs before watching him graze the inside of a pole in the direction of the lower corner.

The celebrations had barely died down when Perez scored his second goal after skirting Ryan Bertrand on the blind side of the side defender, to connect to a center of Salomón Rondón and let his right foot do the rest.

Southampton looked like a team that had spent the day dozing under the torrid sun of the Tyneside season and, apparently sheltered from the falling sun and the rapidly falling temperature, could not wake up completely. They failed to manage Almirón's corpus rhythm and did not appreciate Newcastle's tight closure in a midfield dominated by Ki and Isaac Hayden.

While Paul Dummett made a major interception to block a seemingly goal-bound Josh Sims shot, the chance of a visit came up against the race. Sims was removed at half-time with Jack Stephens while Hasenhüttl introduced Stuart Armstrong and Mario Lemina and went from behind three to four back.

This reorganization – perhaps linked to a few words chosen by their manager in the meantime – had a drastic effect on the visitors who eventually bombarded Martin Dubravka's goal. Armstrong's advance foreshadowed a dangerous Ward-Prowse cross, directed from afar by Yoshida.

Although Ki saw a low shot bouncing at the base of a pole, Gunn defeated, the 4-4-2 pbad had turned Southampton almost beyond recognition and no one had seen it. looked too surprised when Lemina reduced the deficit.

Like Armstrong, he was an inspired substitute and insisted that his finish was memorable. After Armstrong held Nathan Redmond's cross carefully before dropping the ball for him, Lemina sent a low bent shot, subtly and deliciously, beyond Dubravka's reach.

All of a sudden, Newcastle was doing everything to protect his lead and when Almirón was stretched too much, he seemed to have damaged a hamstring and was replaced by Christian Atsu. Another center in Redmond allowed Yoshida to hit slightly over the six-meter bar. Hayden's recovery by volleying almost restored Newcastle's two-goal cushion.

This work fell into the hands of Pérez, though he may not have known about it, as he turned his head from goal to Matt Ritchie into the goal and St James's Park became full in the party mode. .