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Elsewhere, Newcastle won 4-1 against Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan as they got through a tricky night against the 2022 Asian Champions League winners.
Alexander Isak scored his third goal in as many pre-season games to give the Magpies a third-minute lead, but the hosts levelled the scores in the 23rd minute when a Rio Nitta backheel bounced in off the post.
Newcastle regained the lead when Jacob Murphy made it 2-1 on the stroke of half-time, before curling home another two minutes after the restart. A deflected Lewis Hall effort from distance then added the fourth.
Newcastle’s next pre-season game is against another Japanese side, Yokohama F. Marinos, at 13:00 BST on Saturday.
Southampton lost 2-0 to Championship newcomers Oxford at the Kassam Stadium.
Mark Harris and Ruben Rodrigues scored as the Saints, who visit Millwall on Saturday, lost for the first time in pre-season.
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