Newcastle equaled its biggest win of the Premier League era by beating Sheffield United 8-0 away on Sunday, with eight different players netting a goal each at Bramall Lane. The chastening loss completed a difficult week for United, after the club announced Thursday that women's player Maddy Cusack died at the age of 27. The Blades paid tribute to Cusack with a moment of silence before the game.
Newcastle thrashed Sheffield United 8-0 to shrug off their slow start to the Premier League season on Sunday, as Son Heung-min's double earned Tottenham a point from a pulsating 2-2 draw against Arsenal.A draw leaves Spurs and Arsenal in fourth and fifth respectively, four points off the top.
Newcastle came close to matching the Premier League's record margin of victory as they thrashed Sheffield United 8-0 at Bramall Lane on Sunday.The biggest winning margin in the Premier League era is 9-0, a score recorded by Manchester United against Ipswich and Southampton in 1995 and 2021 respectively.
This was not a defeat for Sheffield United, it was an annihilation. Newcastle United tossed them around, tore them apart and then humiliated them in a devastating flexing of attacking power.