Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez named an unchanged line-up for their home clash with Southampton.
That meant that Jonjo Shelvey remained on the bench and Ki and Isaac Hayden continued their partnership in the midfield engine room.
Benitez kept faith with Javier Manquillo at right-back as DeAndre Yedlin is still paying the price for conceding a penalty against Crystal Palace .
Mo Diame now has just three games to find the two starts he needs to trigger a new contract.
: “The team also did very well at Leicester.
“The movement and things we practiced in the training sessions to stop them we did really well.
“Tactically it was one of the best of the season.
“We did things right against Bournemouth and Tottenham but in this case it was positive as we won.”
UNITED : Dubravka, Manquillo, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett, Hayden, Ki, Ritchie, Almiron, Perez, Rondon.
Subs : Darlow, Fernandez, Yedlin, Diame, Shelvey, Atsu, Muto.
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