Ada native, Christian Atsu made his Newcastle debut as a 61st-minute substitute when the visitors cruised to a 0-6 victory against Queens Park Rangers at the Loftus Road on Tuesday night in the English Championship.
The Black Stars midfielder was thrown into the game just past the hour mark to replace Yoan Gouffran and had a hand in Aleksandar Mitrovic’s fifth goal for Newcastle United.
It was the first game for the Magpies by the Ghana international who is on a seoson-long loan from English Premier League giants, Chelsea
It was the sixth straight win by Rafael Benitez’s side to stay second on the league log.
Jonjo Shelvey put Newcastle in the driving seat in the 30th minute, before Ayoze Perez doubled the lead after the half-time break.
Shelvey struck the third goal for Newcastle and Ayoze Perez made it 4-0 in the 56th minute before Smithies also had to tip a Mitrovic header on to the bar but, after Clark headed number four from Ritchie’s corner and Mitrovic made it 5-0 after good work by Christian Atsu.
Before Grant Hanley completed the onslaught in the 63rd minute.
