Newcastle United earned a slender but respectable 1-0 win over Serie A side Atalanta thanks to Chris Wood's first half penalty.
The clash against the Italian side was part one of a double weekend of action with Athletic Bilbao coming up on Saturday afternoon. A crowd of 40,596 enjoyed seeing the Magpies back in action after trips to Austria and Portugal and Eddie Howe now has just one more game to whittle down his starting line-up for that opener against Nottingham Forest.
Howe rested some of his first-team stars ahead of Saturday's encounter with Athletic Bilbao as Allan Saint-Maximin and Callum Wilson were in the stands while Jonjo Shelvey was missing with a hamstring injury. The first chance of the night fell for Colombia international Luis Muriel who flashed a shot wide from just outside the box with six minutes played.
