THE FANS’ VERDICTS

TOM BORE (readnewcastle.com)

What a win. What a turnaround. This showed how far we have come under Benitez. And Perez has come in for so much criticism over the last year but he silenced the doubters here. STAR MAN: AYOZE PEREZ

JOEL PARKER (toffeeanalysis. wordpress.com)

Silva has got to go. We bottled it from a comfortable position and Silva had no idea what to do when Newcastle got a foothold in the game. We caved in and deservedly lost. STAR MAN: DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN