HIGHLIGHTS - Huddersfield Town 1 Newcastle United 3 - How Town were denied by league leaders

NEWCASTLE UNITED took a giant step towards automatic promotion to the Premier League with a 3-1 victory over third-placed Huddersfield Town.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Mar 2017, 15:54 BST

Updated 24th Mar 2017, 10:52 BST

Elias Kachunga is taken down in the box by Jonjo Shelvey for Town's penalty scored by Aaron Mooy.
Picture: Bruce Rollinson — Elias Kachunga is taken down in the box by Jonjo Shelvey for Town's penalty scored by Aaron Mooy. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

A controversial early penalty by Matt Ritchie - awarded after he had gone down under the challenge of Nahki Wells - put the Sky Bet Championship leaders ahead in the 10th minute, and Murphy doubled their advantage on 33 minutes.

Aaron Mooy gave Town hope with a spot-kick 18 minutes from time before Dwight Gayle sealed the triumph in stoppage time to send Rafael Benitez’s side 11 points clear of the third-placed hosts.

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