With 70 points, the Magpies, 3rd, can no longer be overtaken by Liverpool, 5th and who are four lengths behind with one day remaining. Newcastle could however come out of the podium, Manchester United, 4th by one unit, still having two matches to play at home, against Chelsea on Tuesday, then Fulham on Sunday, who have nothing left to play for this season, while Newcastle will end the season at Chelsea.
For their last home game of the season, the players of Eddie Howe would have liked to offer a victory to their public but the very grouped Foxes and the amounts decided otherwise. Callum Wilson in the 41st, Miguel Almiron, on a volley, in the 43rd and Bruno Guimaraes, from the head (71st) saw the posts repel their attempts, a mishap that has happened 25 times in Newcastle this season. That didn’t stop Saint James’ Park from celebrating at the final whistle.
A little over a year and a half after the arrival of the new Saudi owners and Howe on the bench, the transformation of the team has been a huge success. If its rise, faster than expected, also owes to the difficult seasons of Liverpool, Chelsea or Tottenham, the team was in the top 4 on 22 out of 37 days and on the podium 16 times.
His last participation in the C1 dating back to 2002/2003 – the following year, they were eliminated in the third qualifying round, by Partizan Belgrade, on penalties – they will probably inherit a very strong group. For Leicester, who came very close to the heist on a volley from Timothy Castagne, repelled by a superb reflex from Nick Pope (90 2), the last day promises to be very perilous. The point taken with selflessness in Newcastle allows them to overtake Leeds on goal difference, but they remain 18th and first relegated.
Just ahead of them, Everton are two points behind and it will take not only a home win against West Ham but also a misstep by the Toffees at home against Bournemouth for the Foxes not to descend to the Championship seven years after their surprise coronation.
