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Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has hailed Anthony Gordon as the club’s “Player of the Season” after a historic four-goal haul in the Magpies’ 6-1 demolition of Qarabağ FK. In an extraordinary Champions League knockout play-off first leg on February 18, 2026, Gordon produced a first-half masterclass that left the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in awe.
Gordon needed just 45 minutes to find the net four times—including two clinical penalties—becoming only the second player in Champions League history to score four goals in the first half of a match. In doing so, he officially surpassed Shearer’s own long-standing record for the most Champions League goals for Newcastle United.
”Simply Unstoppable”
Shearer, speaking after the final whistle, admitted he was “completely stunned” by the 24-year-old’s evolution into a world-class finisher.
”I’m happy to see my record go to a performance like that,” Shearer remarked. “To go away in Europe and score four in a half is unheard of. His energy, his movement, and that clinical edge—Gordon has been Newcastle’s player of the season by a mile. He’s the heart of everything Eddie Howe is building.”
A Night of Broken Records
The stats from Baku highlight a performance that Shearer believes has secured Gordon’s place in Newcastle folklore.
With Newcastle now firmly in control of the tie, Shearer concluded that if Gordon maintains this “unmatched” level of play, the Magpies will be a team no one wants to draw in the Round of 16.
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