Diabate puts Toon kids in their place

Bordeaux 2 Newcastle 0

Diabate puts Toon kids in their place

The Mali international headed home Fahid Ben Khalfallah’s 29th-minute cross and then slid a 72nd-minute shot through keeper Rob Elliot’s legs to condemn the Magpies to a first European defeat of the season and avenge their 3-0 defeat at St James’ Park in October.

It was little more than the French side deserved as despite manager Francis Gillot making the same number of changes as Alan Pardew, they enjoyed the better of the exchanges apart from a brief flurry at the start of the second half.

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