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BURNLEY: Newcastle took a further lead over the relegation zone with a third straight win and a first at Turf Moor in over 40 years, beating Burnley 2-1 on Monday.
Federico Fernandez's shot at the fourth minute, which resulted in a huge deflection of Ben Mee, gave Rafael Benitez a quick lead to Newcastle before the visitors doubled their lead over Ciaran Clark in the 23rd minute.
Burnley scored the goal behind Sam Vokes's head Five minutes before half-time.
Newcastle then let go of several chances to tie the result after the break, leaving Matt Ritchie out at close range while Joselu hit a post.
They survived Burnley's late riposte. for their first victory at Turf Moor since December 1975.
Victory sees Newcastle climb to 13th place in the table, four points from the last three places, with Burnley at one point from the relegation zone.
"The essential was the effort of the players," Benitez told Sky Sports.
"We respected the game plan, we suffered a bit in the end, but we could have scored a third goal."
Sean Dyche, boss of burnley frustrated, said: "There was an unlucky goal, then a bad goal.
" All in all, we probably deserved something, but once you gave those goals It's hard to lose 2-0 in the Premier League. "[19659003] The match began 30 minutes late after Judge Evaluator Eddie Wolstenholme collapsed in the tunnel and was taken to the hospital.
But the delay was nil. Did not bother Newcastle, who dropped Chris Corner, who had not cleared a corner An attempt hampered Fernandez's blocking shot only turned the ball to the top corner. [39] 19659003] An even poorer defense contributed to Newcastle's second goal, an unmarked Clark heading towards Ritchie's center.
But Burnley scored against the race in the 40th minute when Vokes put a header on Martin Dubravka , Newcastle goalkeeper far away from his line.
Newcastle should have scored 3-1 after five minutes of play in the second half when DeAndre Yedlin's cross was deflected into Ritchie's center.
Joeslu then took the lead before Yedlin is making an important block at the other end to preserve Newcastle's lead.
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