article_snippet: And then there was the winning goal.
article_snippet: But then Wayne Rooney's run in to the penalty area was halted by Mehdi Abeid, the subsequent back pass sold goalkeeper Tim Krul short and when the clearance – born of panic and terror – landed at the feet of Ashley Young, the winning goal waited – empty – just ten yards away.
article_snippet: Marouane Fellaini came close to scoring for Manchester United but Marouane Fellaini was denied by a brilliant stop from Tim Krul .
article_snippet: Ashley Young had a chance to convert the rebound but took too long and was also denied by Newcastle's Dutch goalkeeper .
article_snippet: manager John Carver thoughts understandably were still with the early penalty shout, somehow denied manager John Carver when Chris Smalling hacked down Emmanuel Riviere in the eleventh minute. '
article_snippet: manager John Carver, playing as a lone centre forward, missed two chances around the half hour mark, clipping one wide when face to face with Krul and then falling over when a slip by Fabricio Coloccini presented manager John Carver with another sight of goal.
article_snippet: There was not a shot on target from either team, however, until Marouane Fellaini’s header required Krul to parry in the 44th minute.
article_snippet: Emmanuel Riviere ghosted in at the post but could not force the ball beyond De Gea .
article_snippet: De Gea made De Gea wide in the Manchester United goal to deny Newcastle the opener at St James' Park .
article_snippet: Riviere brought a save from David de Gea after Coloccini headed down a free-kick while at the other end Krul saved brilliantly from a Fellaini half-volley and a Young follow-up that perhaps took a little too long to arrive.
article_snippet: A break from another substitute Ayoze Perez found Jonas Gutierrez and Papiss Cisse two-on-one with Jonny Evans but the pass from one team-mate to another was criminally over hit and, as such, the chance disappeared.
highlights_snippet: Newcastle also came close through Emmanuel Riviere but Newcastle was denied by David de Gea .
  