Newcastle United's unbeaten Premier League 2 run came to an end against league leaders Leeds United. Max Dean's hat-trick after Kris Moore opened the scoring within a minute sealed a 4-2 victory over the young Magpies.
Elliott Dickman made just one enforced change from the side who were held to a draw by rival Sunderland in their last outing. Jay Turner-Cooke missed out following his sending off, with Nathan Carlyon coming into the starting eleven.
Moore headed the hosts in front after just 50 seconds, and a second-half hat-trick for Max Dean extended the Whites' winning run to eight matches. Harry Barclay and Josh Scott scored what proved to be consolation strikes for the visitors, and here are three things we learned from Newcastle U21s' defeat at Thorp Arch.
