The thrills and spills of the Premier League Summer Series continued as Newcastle and Aston Villa shared six goals in Philadelphia, taking the total to 18 across the opening three matches.
Our man CRAIG HOPE was at Lincoln Financial Field to bring you his five talking points…
TRIAL AND ERROR?
Eddie Howe trialled a new 3-4-2-1 formation for the first time. And it could be the last. They were 2-0 down inside 11 minutes and it should have been more, so open were they in the full-back areas. There were some quizzical looks being exchanged among the back three in the wake of Villa’s second goal, for it all felt incredibly easy.