Having had sand kicked in their faces for 45 minutes, Newcastle United finally gave notice that they might not be on the beach after all. Even Phil Neville, their Match of the Day nemesis whose 'flip-flop’ jibe to describe their display in the defeat at Everton so upset John Carver, felt compelled to tweet his appreciation of a stirring second- half display. It was one which threatened a mini-version of their recovery from four goals down here to earn a point against these opponents in 2011, but was not quite to be. Two first-half goals from Olivier Giroud enabled the visitors to make a successful start to the now annual early spring post-Champions League exit phase of the campaign,...
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