Frustrated Souness earns Coleman sympathy

Newcastle 1 Fulham 4

Battered to the very brink of submission for more than an hour, Chris Coleman's side had keeper Mark Crossley to thank for a series of remarkable saves as shots and headers rained in on his goal.

But for Crossley, the Magpies might have scored seven or eight, but by the time they did finally beat him, the game had been snatched from their grasp by a ruthless display of counter-attacking football.

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