26 mins: Nico Schlotterbeck's pass was cut out by Fabian Schar but the ball fell kindly for Dortmund and they progressed towards the box through Felix Nmecha who profited from a clumsy attempt at a clearance by Jamaal Lascelles. 

Marcel Sabitzer flicked the ball to Niclas Fullkrug who returned it to Sabitzer, by now in space behind Lewis Hall. He turned and passed back across goal to Fullkrug inside the six yard box, who shot into the roof of the net in front of the South terrace past Nick Pope and Kieran Trippier on the line. 0-1

Half time: Borussia Dortmund 1 Newcastle 0

79 mins: Trippier's free-kick from the left touchline outside the box was cleared at the near post out to Karim Adeyemi. He was able to control the ball, beat Trippier and then hit a long pass upfield that suddenly left Tino Livramento outnumbered two on one, Julian Brandt advancing in possession with Sabitzer making the parallel run unchecked with Joe Willock racing back to try and assist.

Reaching the left side of the box, Brandt opted to shoot rather than pass and his low left-footer curled inside the far post and beyond Pope's outstretched leg. 0-2

Full time: Borussia Dortmund 2 Newcastle 0

Eddie Howe said:

"In a sense, I’m being forced to make certain decisions and pick certain teams. I’m not going to sit here and make excuses, that’s what we have. We weren't at our best tonight, the intensity, quality of our normal game was missing.

"But in saying that we had our moments. Joelinton's header is the key moment in our assessment. It was a really good move, he would back himself to score that if he came in again. That's football, it happens. Since he's come back from injury, he's been outstanding.

"From our side, we weren't far away tonight. Us at our very best, even with the number of players we have out, are good enough. This game came a day too early. If (we had been) our best version of ourselves then the result would have been different.

"The frustration from us is that there's more in the tank. We are better than that. I don't think Dortmund have seen the best Newcastle but we have delivered it, so we have to accept it.

"We have to win our last two games."

About Hall's substitution after he was booked:

"We couldn't afford to go down to 10 men."

About Wilson's half-time substitution:

"Callum was feeling tightness in his hamstring so that forced our hand."
 

Edin Terzic said::

"Today, it was a very good performance as a complete team. Newcastle had only two losses in their last 13 games, and both were against us, and both times they were kept scoreless. Today, we allowed very few opportunities and had control for the most part. 

"We knew about the quality especially up front, they are very flexible, they are very mobile and can swap between four at the back, three at the back and always looking for balls in behind, always looking for balls into the pockets in between the lines. This is something we tried to stop and we've managed that quite well, especially today.

"We were ready to do everything we could to score a goal and defend ours. We stayed in formation until the end. In the second half, it was a very dominant game from Newcastle but I think we defended well, attacked well, used every open space for us and I think it was a well deserved win.

"In the first half, they tried to get us on the back foot through deep runs. We addressed that during half-time, and completely stopped it. Offensively, from the beginning, we had control, a lot of possession, up to the first goal, and today, we finally found the depth and counter-attacking spaces for the second goal.

"We wished to keep our foot on the gas pedal in the first half. We were doing a lot of things very well and created many scoring opportunities. Newcastle then changed their approach; they became riskier and tried to pull us apart. That's when patience is required. 

"Today, we did it very disciplined, constantly supporting each other, and as a team, it was an excellent performance and a well-deserved victory. We all wanted to be pro-active. Of course, we had a bit of luck, but when you see how we fought for the balls, something we were missing a few days ago. Today, we were ready to give everything to score a goal and defend our own goal.

"The idea was to stick with the same formation until the end and avoid making more substitutions. We felt that between the 70th and 80th minute, our energy levels were dropping a bit, but from the 80th minute, we were able to generate a new burst of energy. We decided not to use all our available substitutions to prevent any disruptions and to avoid the referee from adding more time due to late substitutions.

"Pride is the wrong word. For today, we feel satisfaction in how we were able to execute the things we had planned, and we did it twice against Newcastle. They are an extremely strong team, playing excellent football, and we managed to control and defeat them twice." 

Biffa