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Newcastle has set a number of records after defeating Qarabag 6:1 in Baku in the play-off stage of the UEFA Champions League.
"Report" informs that the club's press service has released information about this.
Team winger Anthony Gordon has broken Newcastle's tournament record by scoring 10 goals in a season of the UEFA Champions League. The previous record belonged to Alan Shearer with 6 goals.
In addition, Gordon has gone down in history as the first footballer to score 4 goals in the first leg of the tournament's play-off stage. He also became the third player after Alan Shearer and Faustino Asprilla to score a hat-trick in the Champions League for the Magpies.
The fact that 7 English football players (Anthony Gordon, Javry Barnes, Nick Pope, Kiran Tripper, Den Bern, Louis Hall and Joe Willock) are in the club's starting line-up is recorded as a record indicator for Premier League representatives since the 1998 Manchester United - Monaco match.
In addition, Newcastle became the second team to be ahead with a goal difference of 5 or more after the first half in the play-off stage of the tournament. This result was last seen in the 2015 match between Bavaria (Germany) and Porto (Portugal).
It should be noted that the return match between Qarabag and Newcastle will take place in England on the night of February 24-25, at 00:00.
