It was the worst possible start to a game. Four goals down within half an hour, Arsenal exploded relentlessly into attack. At half-time, the Magpies were staring down the barrel of defeat; bruised, bleeding, and barely able to hear the referee s count. A resilient Newcastle team emerged after the break, refusing to give way to the visitors, who had mounted a seemingly unassailable lead through a first minute Walcott strike, a brace from van Persie, and a Johan Djourou header. But with Diarby shown the red card early in the second half following fouls on Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan, Alan Pardew s side sparked into life. Two Barton penalties, sandwiched either side of a Leon Best finish, gave Newcastle a lifeline, and Cheick Tiote s phenomenal 30 yard volley in the dying minutes of the game secured a seemingly impossible comeback and sent the St James Park faithful into raptures. Featuring full match action, relive this classic encounter in which a battling Newcastle United team showed true courage and determination to earn a share of the points from the clutches of defeat.
Was at the match.. had to have the dvd... spinetingling throughout really captures the SJP atmosphere. From the moment NUFC peg one back the crowd sensed a comeback was on and it built to the climax of Tiotes' goal.. fantastic volley... one to remember always.
No Toon fans DVD collection is complete without this. And to put the cherry on top, we got to shove it right up Arsenal to prove they can't win a thing, the only two things that could have made this better, was if it was against Sunderland instead, and the score was 5-4. LOVED IT!!!!