Newcastle United v Crystal Palace player ratings: Pope 8, Isak 6; Guaita 8, Zaha 6

Honours even at St James' Park as home side are left frustrated by disallowed goal

NEWCASTLE RATINGS: Nick Pope 8: Sharp one-handed stop to turn away Mateta strike in opening half. Excellent save with his leg to deny substitute Edouard after break. England keeper had barely put foot wrong since moving from Burnley. Getty

Kieran Trippier - 7: Newcastle captain did well up against the dangerous Zaha and the in-form Eagles attacker was left complaining about his teammates by end of first half. A constant threat from dead balls. Reuters

Fabian Schar 6: Relieved to see two sloppy clearances in opening 20 minutes not capitalised on by Palace. Knocked a few lovely cross-field passes out from back. Reuters

Sven Botman 8: Summer buy from Lille is calm and assured presence at back. At other end, was denied first goal for club on two occasions by Guaita in first half – one header and one shot at near post. Getty

Matty Targett 6: Retained at left-back ahead of Dan Burn and produced some dangerous balls in from the left flank, although quiet game offensively from former Aston Villa man. PA

Sean Longstaff 6: Yellow card after 15 minutes for chopping down Eze, giving away free-kick in dangerous position. Saw first-half opportunity to open scoring well blocked by Palace defence. Frustrated home fans after being caught in possession just after break despite loud warnings. PA

Joelinton 7: Produced well-timed interceptions and tackles from first whistle, albeit with slightly erratic distribution at times. Volleyed into side netting with difficult chance from tight angle in first half. Nearly bundled home rebound after Botman’s header was saved. PA

Joe Willock 6: Somehow penalised for fouling goalkeeper ahead of Mitchell heading into own net early in second half when former Arsenal midfielder had clearly been pushed himself. Saw low shot at near post saved by keeper in second half and should have scored soon after but shinned chance wide. Reuters

Ryan Fraser 5: Retained starting berth with Allan Saint-Maximin still injured but failed to offer anything like the Frenchman’s attacking threat in first half. Better after break but shown yellow card for cynical foul on Ayew. Reuters

Alexander Isak 6: Record signing could not repeat midweek debut goal against Liverpool. Could, and should, have scored when clean through at St James' Park but weak dinked finish saved by Guaita. Saw another side-footed finish easily saved by keeper. Getty

Miguel Almiron 7: His wonder goal earned Newcastle three points when two sides met in April and almost opened scoring in 35th minute when his deflected shot rattled the post. Snatched at second-half chance when he pulled shot wide when very well placed. PA

SUBS: Jacob Murphy (On for Almiron 70’) 5: Had shot blocked by Guehi but little else of note. Reuters

Elliot Anderson (On for Murphy 70’) 7: A threat from moment he came on, causing Palace problems with his quick feet, driving runs and crosses from left. PA

Dan Burn (On for Targett 78’) N/A. Reuters

Chris Wood (On for Isak 90+2’) N/A. Getty

CRYSTAL PALACE RATINGS: Vicente Guaita 8: Saved well from Isak when Newcastle’s record buy was through one on one and made two other good stops from Botman in first half. Another fine one-handed save from Willock after in 75th minute. Reuters

Joel Ward 7: Palace right-back coped comfortably with Fraser’s attacks down his flank but did pick up booking 10 minutes after break for hauling back Scot. PA

Joachim Andersen 7: His woeful pass out from back was charged down by Isak and almost saw Swede score in first half. Plenty of other important interceptions and the deck and in the air from the Dane, though. Reuters

Marc Guehi 8: Good performance at centre-half from England international. Fine block on Murphy shot late in game summed up efforts. Getty

Tyrick Mitchell 5: Found Almiron’s pace a problem with the Paraguayan leaving him chasing shadows at times. Lucky escape after pushing Willock into Guaita then heading into own net, only for Newcastle man to be blamed for fouling keeper. Getty

Cheick Doucoure 7: Summer signing from Lens produced brilliant sliding clearance off line to prevent Joelinton bundling home first-half goal. Volleyed well wide from edge of box in 65th minute. Booked in injury time. Getty

Jeffrey Schlupp 7: A tireless presence in midfield alongside Doucoure. Smashed shot from edge of box over bar in last 10 minutes. Reuters

Eberechi Eze 5: Pace caused a few problems with driving runs inside from out wide but disappeared from action as match went on and no surprise when taken off. Getty

Jordan Ayew 7: Recalled Ghanaian put in plenty of effort both going forward and tracking back. Drilled weak shot straight at keeper when a frustrated Zaha was better placed. Getty

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 03: Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace reacts during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Crystal Palace at St. James Park on September 03, 2022 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger / Getty Images)

Jean-Phillippe Mateta 6: Lovely first touch and shot on turn that was saved by Pope in what was Palace’s best chance of first half. Trundled weak effort straight at keeper on the hour mark. Getty

SUBS: Nathaniel Clyne (On for Mitchell 63’) 7: A more solid show than man he replaced. PA

Odsonne Edouard (On for Mateta 63’) 7: Nice glancing touch to Ayew to put teammate away on attack, then had low shot well saved by Pope. Getty

Michael Olise (On for Eze 63’) 5: Little impact. Getty

Newcastle United and Crystal Palace played out an entertaining goalless draw at St James' Park on Saturday, after the home side saw a second-half goal controversially ruled out.

The Magpies thought they have broken the deadlock when Tyrick Mitchell headed into his own net only for the goal to be ruled out for a foul on Vicente Guaita by Joe Willock after a pitchside VAR check by referee Michael Salisbury.

But replays showed that Mitchell pushed Willock into the Palace goalkeeper, much to the frustration of the home crowd when the incident flashed up on a big screen.

Palace had Guaita to thank for coming away with a point after the Spaniard saved well from Alexander Isak, Sven Botman on two occasions and Joe Willock.

But his Newcastle counterpart Nick Pope was also called into action when the England goalkeeper denied Palace substitute Odsonne Edouard with a fine stop with his leg.

The Magpies are now without a win since the opening game of the season having drawn four and lost one since beating Nottingham Forest.

“Everything we tried in and around the goal didn't work, even the one we did score,” said Newcastle manager Eddie Howe. “I disagree with the decision. I thought it should be a goal.

“I thought Joe was pushed. He is running in and is pushed into the keeper. I am not sure what Joe is supposed to do there. For me it is a perfectly good goal.”

Palace are one point behind Newcastle in the table after this hard-fought draw. “It was really intense from the first to the last minute. So much stress on the pitch,” said Eagles defender Joachim Anderson.

“It was not our best game with the ball but the way we defended and the resilience we showed was fantastic. We need to see out these games. If we don't win, we need to make sure we don't lose.”

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