Swansea condemn Newcastle to seventh straight defeat

Swansea's 3-2 victory over Newcastle United left the home side facing their seventh straight defeat under John Carver.

The game started with another boycott from the home fans against owner Mike Ashley, leading to an exceptionally quiet St James’ Park.

Despite that, it was Newcastle who took the lead when Federico Fernandez cut out a Vurnon Anita cross, only to stab the ball into the path of Ayoze Perez, who finished into an empty net.

Newcastle held on until the end of the first half when Nelson Oliveira headed in from yet another corner which Newcastle had failed to properly defend.

In the second half, Newcastle quickly fell behind when Gylfi Sigurdsson clipped a neat finish inside the near post. At that point, Newcastle gave up, meaning Jack Cork made it three, tapping into an open net.

With a couple of minutes left Siem De Jong sidefooted a volley past Lukasz Fabianski to worry Swansea, but the away side simply maintained possession until the full time whistle arrived.

14’ - WILLIAMS HEADER: Swansea win their first corner of the match. Sigurdsson swings it in to Williams, and he stoops unmarked to head wide.

20’ - GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Swansea. Perez scores: Riviere sprints down the left, beating Cork. He flicks in a cross between Fernandez and Fabianski. Fernandez has to stick out a leg, which plays the ball straight to Perez, and he finishes into an empty net.

22’ - FERNANDEZ HEADER : A corner from the right is missed by Williamson, and Fernandez heads straight at Krul.

44’ - FABIANSKI SAVE: Anita gets to the byline down the left after a pass from Riviere. He is the target for the cross, and his header forces Fabianski into tipping away with an impressive save.

45+2’ - GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Swansea. Oliveira scores: Corner for Swansea on the right. Sigurdsson whips the ball into the box, and Oliveira keeps Coloccini at arms length, and he stoops to head into the ground and up into the net.

50’ - GOAL! Newcastle 1-2 Swansea. Sigurdsson scores: Boos ring out. Krul clears to Shelvey, and he plays the ball out left to Montero. Montero scoots down the left, plays a ball inside for Oliveira to leave with a dummy, and Sigurdsson meets the ball to clip to Krul's right, off the post and in.

71’ - GOAL! Newcastle 1-3 Swansea. Cork scores: Cork ambles down the right, finds Oliveira's run into the box. He squares a pass across for Cork, and after Taylor misses the ball, he taps in.

87’ - GOAL! Newcastle 2-3 Swansea. De Jong scores: Colback curls a cross into the box for De Jong, unmarked. He lets the ball drop and brilliantly cushions a volley past Fabianski.

Against no side have Newcastle played more Premier League home games without a win than they have against the Swans (4).

Swansea have won five and drawn one of their last six league clashes with Newcastle United.

St James Park is the only Premier League ground yet to see a penalty awarded this season.

Newcastle have lost their last four Premier League games at home – and their last seven games in total.

Newcastle fans need to keep up the boycott. Newcastle were utterly dreadful, even when they took the lead. It is not that Newcastle need to try to win the league to keep their fans happy, they just have to try to win a game at all. Some ambition will keep a club functioning and occasionally overachieving. The underinvestment and lack of desire in this side condemns them to play as wretchedly as they did today. Only a boycott, costing Mike Ashley money, might change things.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City): After playing in the diamond for the last few weeks, a move closer to the attack in Bafetimbi Gomis' absence gave the Icelandic player the chance to have more of an influence on the game. His goal for Swansea killed off Newcastle at the start of the second half, and spurred his side to victory.

Newcastle: Krul 6, Janmaat 6, Coloccini 5, Williamson 5, Anita 6, R.Taylor 5, Gutierrez 5, Colback 5, Cabella 5, Riviere 6, Perez 6. Subs: Abeid 6, de Jong 7, Armstrong 6.

Swansea: Fabianski 6, Rangel 6, Fernandez 5, Williams 6, Amat 6, Cork 6, Shelvey 6, Sigurdsson 7, Dyer 6, Montero 6, Oliveira 6. Subs: Ki 6, Grimes 6, Emnes 6.