{"id":405701,"date":"2017-07-27T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T04:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/27\/christian-atsu-sets-up-goal-in-emphatic-newcastle-friendly-win-over-bradford-city\/"},"modified":"2017-07-27T04:19:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T04:19:10","slug":"christian-atsu-sets-up-goal-in-emphatic-newcastle-friendly-win-over-bradford-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/27\/christian-atsu-sets-up-goal-in-emphatic-newcastle-friendly-win-over-bradford-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Atsu sets up goal in emphatic Newcastle friendly win over Bradford City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 27 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/12786028.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atsu Atsu Smile\" title=\"Atsu Atsu Smile\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Christian Atsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501129149_735_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana winger Christian Atsu set up one goal as Jacob Murphy scored twice for Newcastle to record a thumping 4-0 win at Bradford City on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Atsu, who was signed permanently from Chelsea in this transfer window excelled in the Magpies&#8217; latest pre-season friendly at Valley Parade.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Murphy opened his Newcastle United account as Rafa Benitez&#8217;s side found their stride at Valley Parade tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The winger, signed from Norwich City last week, scored twice in the club&#8217;s convincing 4-0 win over League One club Bradford City.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Gayle and Aleksandar Mitrovic also netted in the friendly.<\/p>\n<p>The game also saw Matt Ritchie make his first appearance of pre-season following his surgery at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle, and Jonjo Shelvey especially, dominated the first half, but they couldn&#8217;t find the net.<\/p>\n<p>Jonjo Shelvey Bradford goalkeeper Colin Doyle made a series of saves, and Ritchie his the crossbar with a cross.<\/p>\n<p>United manager Benitez sent on Murphy, Javier Manquillo and Mohamed Diame for the second half, and Newcastle quickly got themselves ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Gayle opened the scoring in the 50th minute from a low Christian Atsu cross. Doyle got a hand to his shot, but the ball rolled over the line.<\/p>\n<p>The striker then turned provider for Murphy, who stepped into space and beat Doyle with a neat finish.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Mitrovic, handed the captain&#8217;s armband by Shelvey as he left the field, made it 3-0 with a simple tap-in after Aarons crossed to him.<\/p>\n<p>And Murphy capped a memorable night with a United&#8217;s fourth.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a312million signing netted with a half-volley after a cross was only cleared as far as him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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