Shearer and Bellamy lead Magpies to win

Newcastle United 2 Dinamo Tbilisi 0

Goals from skipper Alan Shearer his ninth of the season and Craig Bellamy were enough to see the Magpies home to a second successive Group D victory on a night when they were never really extended by the Georgian outfit.

That said, the home supporters were growing increasingly nervous when Shearer turned up on the end of a flowing 38th-minute move to fire his side in front with an assured finish, and they had to wait until the 56th-minute for Bellamy to wrap up victory with an emphatic volley.

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