Manchester United record signing Paul Pogba made a scoring return from injury as Jose Mourinho’s men set a new club record of 39 games without defeat at Old Trafford and Zlatan Ibrahimovic tasted his first action since April.
Pogba was excellent in his first match since September 12 and deservedly got his name on the scoresheet alongside Anthony Martial, Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku after Newcastle had taken a shock lead through Dwight Gayle.
Victory kept the home side within eight points of Premier League leaders Manchester City and helped spare the blushes of £31million defender Victor Lindelof who blundered for the opening goal on his first Premier League start.