CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: You might call it a breathless finale following the two late goals, if respiration was not frenzied from the off - just ask Barcelona's defenders. One Spanish journalist claimed that Barcelona had won the lottery when they drew Newcastle. If, by that, they meant a ticket to an occasion that lived up to Eddie Howe's billing as his club's biggest-ever game, then OK. They did not, of course. It wa... [3322 chars]
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