- Town starts PL life 2-0
- Newcastle 0-2
- Mooy scores on lone attempt
In a game with very few chances, Aaron Mooy made his count as Huddersfield Town topped Newcastle United 1-0 at the John Smithโs Stadium on Sunday.
A match between two promoted sides looked very much like a second-tier affair aside from Mooyโs moment of brilliance just after halftime.
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A boisterous stadium greeted the teams, and Townโs support was at full throat only to see Newcastle get the first chance when Dwight Gayle played Ayoze Perez into the 18 and saw the Spaniardโs shot blocked.
Townโs Elias Kachunga cut Chancel Mbemba with a high challenge, but it failed to see a card unlike two similar sending offs in the league on Saturday.
A series of sloppy plays by Newcastle allowed Aaron Mooy to test Rob Elliot, but he didnโt get enough on his low attempt to best the diving keeper.
Town remained the better money for an opener, and Tom Ince laced a hard shot at Elliot off a Christian Atsu turnover well into Newcastleโs end.
Matt Richie nearly opened the scoring against the run of play in the 16th minute when he thumped a far post effort that Jonas Lossl pushed wide for a corner.
The Magpies settled into the match, though, and had the better of the play for the final 15-20 minutes of the first half.
A terrible giveaway from Mikel Merino allowed Town a prime chance to take the lead, but Chancel Mbemba made a terrific sliding tackle inside his 18 and the Magpies handled a pair of corners.
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Town took the lead in the 50th minute through Mooy, who worked a perfect 1-2 with Kachunga to curl home inside the far post from the paint of the 18-yard box.
That spurred Rafa Benitez to insert new signing Joselu for Gayle.
Quality chances remained at a premium when Merino played a long diagonal ball into the box for Javier Manquillo, but Lossl collected the pass back into the fray.
Atsu and Joselu traded passes before Lossl tipped Joseluโs low shot out for a corner. Ciaran Clark headed the ensuing corner to Perez who, alone in front of goal, blazed over the bar.
Joselu flicked another header into Losslโs arms in the 84th minute.
