Newcastle United vs Bayer Leverkusen
Who won: Newcastle 3-1
Newcastle United beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at St James' Park. Goals for Newcastle: Alan Shearer (5', 11', 36' pen). Goals for Leverkusen: Marko Babic (73').
Play by play
- 93'
Leverkusen were blown away by Alan Shearer's first half hat-trick, it was a stroll for the home side and they now travel to Milan to face the might of Inter
- 93'
And there goes the final whistle, Newcastle win 3-1
- 92'
Newcastle simply playing out time
- 91'
Three minutes to be added on
- 90'
Babic's long ball into the box is headed wide by Brdaric
- 89'
Leverkusen's late probing has come to nothing more, and Newcastle look home and dry
- 88'
Ameobi is offside after Robert tried to play him in through the middle
- 87'
Brdaric tries to set himself up for the shot, but Bramble does well to close him down and win the ball
- 86'
...LuaLua can only drag his effort wide of the left post, no worries for Butt
- 85'
Viana fools the Leverkusen defence and sets LuaLua free in the box, he tries a shot...
- 84'
Hugo Viana returns from injury, comnig on for the impressive Brian Kerr
- 83'
Babic does well down the right, turns back inside but Solano is tracking back and steals the ball off his boot
- 83'
Preuss comes back on after treatment
- 82'
A second change for the Magpies, hat-trick Alan Shearer goes off to a standing ovation to be replaced by Lomana Tresor LuaLua
- 81'
Now Bernard is felled by Brdaric's late challenge, and the Leverkusen substitute is cautioned
- 80'
Preuss takes a bad knock in that challenge, he looks in some pain and in strechered off. Leverkusen down to ten at the moment, and have no subs left
- 79'
...the ball comes crashing back off the bar, alomst a second. It breaks back to Preuss and he goes for the first time effort only to be closed down by Bernard
- 79'
Basturk twists and turns and wins a corner. Simak crosses in from the right Kleine meets it with his head...
- 78'
...Robert's attempt is well off target as he tried to curl the ball into the top left-hand corner of the net
- 77'
Zivkovic pushes Shearer in the back and it's a free-kick 20 yards out - a real chance for a fourth. Robert strikes.....
- 76'
Good run into the box by Bernard, but he loses his footing and Leverkusen can bring the ball away
- 75'
Bernard is sent spralling by Brdaric, getting his own back for that tackle a few minutes earlier
- 74'
Babic stroked the ball into the top of the net to grab what is surely no more than a consolation for Leverkusen. A well worked goal for the German side
- 73'
GOAL!!!!!
- 73'
Basturk plays a sublime chipped ball over the top for Babic.....
