Newcastle United have come a long way in a short space of time since their visit to the Vitality Stadium in 2020.
On a warm July night on the South Coast - as United continued Project Restart amid the global pandemic - the Magpies ran out 4-1 winners thanks to goals from Dwight Gayle, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almiron and Valentino Lazaro. However, if ever you wanted to chart the progress of Newcastle since then, you need only look at the team sheet from that night which read: Dubravka, Krafth, Lascelles, Fernandez, Manquillo, Shelvey, Bentaleb, Saint-Maximin, Longstaff, Joelinton, Gayle.
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