Even when Newcastle enjoyed strong spells in the second half of the first period, and then at the very beginning of the second half, they failed to make the most of their chances, frequently wasting good opportunities to get a shot on target, or failing to capitalise on a good position to put a ball into the box, as they had done so well against Bordeaux earlier in the week. Yes, the game changed when the Magpies wrongly had a goal chalked off, with the referee and his assistant failing to notice the ball crossing David De Gea's goal-line early in the second half, but by then Newcastle had had a number of gilt-edged chances that could and should have resulted in goals. Man Utd on the other hand had only a few chances, taking both of their first two goals easily thanks to some terribly lax defending, and getting 8 of their 10 shots on target, including Tom Cleverley's fortunate cross-shot, in comparison to Newcastle's far poorer return of 2 on target from 12 shots altogether. Amazingly, Newcastle put 38 crosses into the area, in comparison to Man Utd's 14, but only twice managed to get headers on target from those crosses. With more clinical attacking threat, and more fluid relationship between the midfield and the twin strikers, Newcastle could have got a lot more out of this game.