Matty finish a bonus for Bruce against struggling former club

Steve Bruce saluted Matty Longstaffs impressive debut after seeing him fire Newcastle to their first home victory of the season against struggling Manchester United.The 19-year-old, who lined up alongside older brother Sean in the Magpies midfield, smashed home a 73rd-minute winner to cap a perfect day at St James Park.In the process, he handed Bruce his first win over the club for which he played with such distinction as a manager and extended the Red Devils run without an away victory to 11 games in all competitions.Steve Bruce worsened Manchester Uniteds plight (Owen Humphreys/PA)Bruce said: Its quite ironic. Matty Longstaffs beaten them in his first game and Ive been going 20-odd years. Im delighted for everyone concerned, and of course the response was the great thing.When it fell to him he blasted one in here against St-Etienne [in pre-season] in exactly the same position, and weve seen him in training.Surely not, was the call, but he smashed it in the net. It was great.Bruce went back to basics after last weekends 5-0 drubbing at Leicester, but boosted by the return from injury of lively winger Allan Saint-Maximin and the energy provided by the Longstaff brothers, saw his team turn in a vastly improved display just when they needed it most.Sean (left) and Matty Longstaff had a memorable day (Owen Humphreys/PA)The win was thoroughly deserved as the visitors, who failed to muster a shot on target against AZ Alkmaar on Thursday evening, once again proved blunt in attack and were made to pay for it by the younger Longstaff.Head coach Bruce said: He trains every day with a big, beaming smile on his face, hes refreshing, wants to play, hes a great kid and Im delighted.Typical of him, the first thing he said to me coming off was Thank you. Its ridiculous after what hes just done.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cut a frustrated figure on Tyneside (Owen Humphreys/PA)If Bruce was thrilled to have taken the wind out of the sails of some of his critics, opposite number Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cut a frustrated figure as he assessed the wreckage of a defeat which left his team in 12th place in the table, 15 points adrift of leaders Liverpool.The Norwegian said: We have given ourselves a very, very tough task to get into the top six, never mind top four, and weve got to get results straight away.We need to get on a run, get momentum. I cant give you whats acceptable every game should be one that we should look to win at this club.Solskjaer would not criticise Harry Maguire (left) for missing a chance to give United the lead (Owen Humphreys/PA)Things might have been different had defender Harry Maguire buried a free header on the stroke of half-time but his manager did not attach too much blame to the 80million summer signing.The former United striker said: Yes, but thats football. I missed bigger chances, seriously.If youre 2-0 up and your team is winning every game, hell close his eyes and score on that one. At the moment, its just not going for us and Harry knows he could have, should have scored.We know its a big opportunity, a big moment in the game.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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