Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United side were today beaten 4-1 away to Aston Villa.Keegan who only returned to the club last month after 11 years away from the club has yet to win in his five games in charge and the Magpies are moving in the wrong direction in the Premier League.
Newcastle took the lead after only four minutes of the match when Michael Owen abgged his second goal in two games to send the travelling toon army into raptures.
Aston Villa scored two goals in just five minutes just after the break when Wilfred Bouma fourtunately grabbed his first goal for the club after his shot struck Habib Beye on the way into the back of the net.
John Carew grabbed his first of the game when he nodded home a Shaun Maloney corner to turn the game on it's head. Villa continued to press and Carew grabbed a second after some sloppy defending at the back for Newcastle.
Villa were running riot and they grabbed their fourth on 90 minutes when John Carew fired home a penalty to grab his first hat-tick in seven years to send Villa into fifth in the table. Terrific result for Villa but I am sure Keegan will be asking a question or two of his players who rarely looked like troubling Scott Carson in the Villa goal.
