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Newcastle did create an opportunity on 57 minutes when Jim Iley chipped a free kick to Davies at the far post, who for the only time in the game escaped the shackles of Kinnell and headed the ball back across goal to Hilley, who had the ball whipped of his foot by Herd just as he was about to shoot. But as Rashford had to contort his body to hit the ball back across goal, it agonisingly went the wrong side of the post. Mulhall beat Craggs all ends up at the bye-line and cut back an accurate pass to the illusive John O’Hare, who side-footed in from about ten yards out for a goal his performance deserved.

At the other end, Haaland was eyeing up a hat-trick just a couple of minutes later, but was denied by Onana who was quick to pounce when the ball was played through and put his body on the line to save the strike. Stoppage time saw the heat of the derby lead to both substitute Antony and Fernandes go into the referee’s notebook, while City finished things with a free-kick just outside the Reds' penalty area which Haaland blasted into the wall. What pressure Newcastle had in this half was easily dealt with by a Sunderland defence who were right at it. On forty-two minutes Len Ashurst burst down his flank and drove a cross at pace across the United box.A brace by Erling Haaland either side of half-time, followed by a Phil Foden tap-in, created by the Norwegian, settled the derby in the pouring rain. The tide in the half then turned in favour of the Blues and United were soaking up City’s possession before the break, with Onana producing a save from Julian Alvarez after Jack Grealish was brought down by Jonny Evans to the left of the area.

With Baxter and Herd dominant in midfield, and George “bullet” Mulhall giving Burnopfield teenager John Craggs the run-around on his wing, Sunderland looked like they were going to pick up where they had left off against Stoke in midweek. Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. In the ascendancy, Pep Guardiola’s side created more opportunities soon after, including through Grealish who dropped his shoulder to cut inside and curled a strike which was goalbound until Onana pushed it away.A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. With a tide to turn, United again came out positively and a short corner from Marcus Rashford allowed Fernandes to unleash and effort on goal but Ederson was equal to it. After skipping over Ederson's challenge, he teed up Fernandes who put the recycled effort over the bar.

I was not the only one on the fence with a red and white scarf on and have a clear memory of looking up, over the stand and seeing red and white dotted all around the ground. Cass also had some insightful observations on the burgeoning partnership between O’Hare and Martin, the performance of Kinnell and the possibilities of a partnership with Charlie Hurley in defence who was just about fit again, as well as the influence of coach John Mortimore, whom manager Ian McColl had bought to the club form Chelsea. The statistics were not auguring well for my very first derby game, none the less I told my Toony supporting Dad we were going to win 3-0! My mates then were mostly Newcastle and Man Utd fans but it bothered me not one jot that week as Baxter ruled the yard and the clarty backfield prior to this my first derby.I could hardly contain myself and waved my scarf and cheered like there was no tomorrow at the end of the game. United: Onana; Dalot, Evans, Maguire, Lindelof (Reguilon 74); Fernandes, Amrabat (Mount 46), McTominay, Eriksen (Antony 86); Hojlund (Garnacho 74), Rashford (Martial 86). A crowd of 58,740 squeezed into St James’ for this one and there was a raucous atmosphere as kick off approached.

Slim Jim did not let me down in that second half, he oozed class and pulled off one of his best games in a red and white shirt. Behind the scenes there was a divided dressing room, an indifferent manager, and a wayward star whose light was fading as alcohol and gambling did their worst.The result ends a run of three successive victories for Erik ten Hag’s team, who were on the wrong end of a major VAR decision in the first half, allowing Haaland to open the scoring from the spot. He loved a big crowd and the big stage, but in this game, he put aside his showboating and became the continuity player that made his reputation, sliding passes long and short, creating space for others and looking like he had all the time in the world to strut his stuff.