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The Newcastle player who had 'disastrous night' & other who was 'all over the place'

Here's how the players rated:

NEWCASTLE (4-3-3):

5 Ramsdale: Couldn’t really be blamed for any of the goals, but hardly exuded any confidence

3 Trippier: A night to forget – lost Martin for Barcelona’s second goal and conceded the penalty for the Spanish side’s third

3 Thiaw: A disastrous night that saw him repeatedly lose his footing – his head was scrambled by the end

4 Burn: Was all over the place in the second half as Barcelona sliced through the heart of the Newcastle defence at will

7 Hall: Brilliant in the first half as he caused a series of problems down the left – some great link-up play with Barnes

5 Ramsey: Did some good things in the first half, but was on earth was he thinking as he passed to Raphinha?

6 Tonali: Conducted the Newcastle midfield, but was forced off with an injury that is a major worry ahead of Sunday’s derby

5 Joelinton: Took the fight to Barcelona, but couldn’t stop his opponents from playing through him

7 Elanga: Scored two goals and gave Cancelo major problems as he broke down the Newcastle right

5 Gordon: Made some good runs in the first half, but was pretty much a spectator in the second

7 BARNES: Tore the right-hand side of the Barcelona defence apart in the first half – heavily involved in both goals

Subs:

3 Livramento (for Trippier, 46): Newcastle’s defending actually got worse when he came onto the field

4 Willock (for Tonali, 56): Couldn’t make an attacking impact in the second half

4 Botman (for Elanga, 63): The game was already up by the time he got onto the field

4 J Murphy (for Joelinton, 63): Didn’t get into a position where he could threaten

Osula (for Gordon, 81): N/A

(not used): Ruddy (gk), Harris (gk), Pope (gk), A Murphy, Neave, Woltemade, Wissa.

BARCELONA (4-2-3-1): J Garcia 6 (Szczesny 82); E Garcia 5 (Araujo 21), Cubarsi 6, Martin 6, Cancelo 5 (Olmo 66, 6); Bernal 8, Pedri 7; Yamal 9, Lopez 8 (Espart 66, 6), RAPHINHA 9; Lewandowski 8 (Torres 66, 6).

Subs (not used): Kochen (gk), Cortes, Gavi, Marques, Casado, Bardghji, Rashford.

Man Of The Match: RAPHINHA – The Brazilian scored two goals, claimed two assists and also won his side’s penalty.

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