Magpies make unwanted history

Alan Pardew suffered the ignominy of becoming the first Newcastle manager to lose four straight Tyne-Wear derbies against Sunderland after Adam Johnson's goal in the 90th minute subjected the Magpies to more misery against their archrival on Sunday.

In a frenetic, feisty and highly-charged derby, it was Johnson who again proved the thorn in Pardew's side when he applied an emphatic finish after a slick Sunderland counter attack.

It was the 27-year-old's third successive derby goal - against his boyhood club - at St James' Park which inflicted Pardew with the unwanted record.