In Philadelphia, Newcastle United and Aston Villa battled to a thrilling 3-3 tie as both teams proceeded to get ready for the upcoming season and make a comeback to European action.
While Villa will play in the Europa League, the Magpies are currently eligible for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.
In the first 11 minutes of the Premier League Summer Series encounter, Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Buendia gave Villa a 2-0 lead before Elliot Anderson and Alexander Isak pulled Newcastle even.
After the intermission, Buendia grabbed a second goal, and Callum Wilson of England scored the equaliser in the 55th minute.
At Lincoln Financial Field, a number of new players for both teams were on display, including Newcastle's new £38 million winger Harvey Barnes, who made his first appearance in the match.
The preseason is an excellent opportunity for experimenting, and Eddie Howe, the manager of Newcastle, did just that in the game against Aston Villa.
As they went on to finish fourth in the Premier League the previous season, you could almost certainly identify Howe's preferred team and structure.
However, Howe chose to use a back three for this game, with right-sided centre-back Kieran Trippier representing England.
After that, they became more adept at the task at hand, which meant that you began to understand why Howe may be considering switching to this approach for the upcoming campaign.
a new £55 million signing In the centre of the pitch, Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes were partnered, and Isak had strong support from the midfield as Newcastle concluded the first-half tie.
K24 EPL game 12-08-2023 at EPL Maskani
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