Shearer takes Newcastle to UEFA quarter-finals
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-17 10:51

Alan Shearer has taken his Newcastle tally to 191 goals and Kieron Dyer netted a brilliant back-heel as United beat Olympiakos 4-0 in the second leg of their UEFA Cup second knockout round tie.

Newcastle United's Keiron Dyer(R) is challenged by Olympiacos' Georgios Anatolakis during their UEFA Cup clash in Newcastle. Newcastle won 4-0。 [AFP]

Newcastle completed a 7-1 aggregate victory after their 3-1 win in Piraeus last week, when the Greek side had two men sent off, to go into Friday's quarter-final draw.

Shearer kept up his record of scoring in every round when he took his total to nine goals in seven matches with a low left-foot shot inside the post just before halftime from Dyer's pull-back from the line.

The former England captain also added Newcastle's fourth in the 69th minute, beating the offside trap to Jermaine Jenas's through ball, rounding keeper Antonis Nikopolidis and rifling his shot into the roof of the net.

Dyer had put Newcastle ahead in the 18th minute when he ran on to a header from the left by Lee Bowyer and beat Nikopolidis with a cheeky back-heel as Greece's Euro 2004 keeper tried to block his way to goal.

Bowyer increased Newcastle's lead nine minutes into the second half. The midfielder lobbed Nikopolidis with a header but the goalkeeper ran back to palm the ball clear, only for Jenas to pass back to Bowyer whose low shot crept in.

Midfielder Nicky Butt hit the crossbar with a fine shot from the edge of the box in the early minutes and Shearer glanced a diving header just wide of the far post from Laurent Robert's cross before the interval.

Olympiakos played without the suspended Grigoris Georgatos and Thanassis Kostoulas, and injured Brazilian striker Rivaldo.

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