Newcastle 4-0 Leicester: Toon reign supreme with dominant win against Ruud van Nistelrooy's Foxes

Newcastle easily secured a 4-0 victory against Leicester at St James' Park, putting an end to their four-game winless streak.

A rampant Newcastle claimed their first victory in a month, with a Jacob Murphy brace and goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak giving Ruud van Niselrooy his first defeat as Leicester boss.

In turning in Anthony Gordon's drag-back from the edge of the area, Murphy's 30-minute opener atoned for his glaring miss just moments before when he curled an effort well wide from inside the box.

Leicester were forced into a change at the break with Mads Hermansen replaced by Danny Ward and from there, the floodgates opened.

Ward's first two touches of the ball came when he had to pick the ball out of his own net after just five minutes of play in the second half following a quickfire double, with Isak scoring moments after Guimaraes doubled Newcastle's lead.

Murphy added a fourth for the Magpies when he hammered home an effort after being fed by Isak on the edge of the area.

Eddie Howe's side move up into 11th place, level on points with Brentford while defeat for Leicester means they are four points above the drop zone.

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