"Newcastle made the worst possible start to their crunch Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen as they fell down to a Bruno Guimaraes own goal. The Geordies went into the game just three points off the top-eight places in the Champions League standings, meaning a victory would be a huge boost to the hopes of reaching the last 16 automatically."
"It was a soft opener which will have come as a huge disappointment to Howe and the travelling fans, but they will have breathed a sigh of relief that it didn't get much worse a few moments later after a last-man foul by Malick Thiaw. The referee initially pointed to the spot after Thiaw tripped Patrick Schick, but after a review it was decided that the foul occured just outside the box."
Newcastle entered the game three points off the top-eight Champions League places, with a win offering a significant boost toward automatic last-16 qualification. Leverkusen arrived one point behind and on the back of a 2-0 win at Manchester City. Newcastle started confidently but conceded an extremely soft opener after 14 minutes when Robert Amrich's header bounced off Bruno Guimaraes and past Aaron Ramsdale. A last-man foul by Malick Thiaw initially drew a penalty call, but VAR overturned it, ruling the foul occurred just outside the box. Alejandro Grimaldo missed the ensuing free-kick and Leverkusen boss Kasper Hjulmand was absent for personal reasons.
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