Newcastle United Line up
- 37 Harper
- 06 Williamson
- 14 Perch
- 16 R Taylor
- 34 Tavernier
- 08 Anita
- 15 Gosling (Amalfitano - 64' )
- 20 Bigirimana
- 22 Marveaux (Gutierrez - 70' )
- 25 Obertan
- 09 Cisse (Campbell - 77' )
Substitutes
- 01 Krul
- 03 Santon
- 27 S Taylor
- 04 Cabaye
- 17 Amalfitano
- 18 Gutierrez
- 49 Campbell
Ryan Taylor spared Newcastle's blushes with a fine free-kick to give them a slight advantage in their Europa League play-off clash with Atromitos.
A year and three days after he fired the Magpies to derby victory at Sunderland, he produced a set-piece of similar quality in first-half injury time to cancel out Denis Epstein's 24th-minute opener and ensure that his side returned to Tyneside knowing a victory of any description, or even a 0-0 draw, will send them through to the group stage.
That may have been less than manager Alan Pardew's ambitions before kick-off, but having made nine changes to the side which beat Tottenham 2-1 at the weekend, he saw his side put in a distinctly ordinary opening 45 minutes after which a draw was not the worst result.
With having many changes from Saturday's game i feel this was a good result for such a young squad.
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