The goalkeeper must really hope that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot punish his bad reading. While the players from Olympique Marseille and Newcastle had just returned to the field after the Champions League first half break, Nick Pope, the Magpies’ goalkeeper, tried to cut out a deep pass from youngster Darryl Bakola.
But “PEA”, 36 years old, is more lively. The striker from Gabon had the lead in front of the opponent’s last line of defense, but his catch of the ball took him all the way to the right side of the field. At penalty box level, fully balanced, the striker still managed to straighten the ball’s trajectory. As a result, he scored an incredible goal from this impossible angle (46th).
If he lacked sharpness at times in the first half, he made up for it by equalizing by scoring twice, four minutes later (50th). OM had fallen behind since the 6th minute and Harvey Barnes’ opener punished a sluggish defense.
