Newcastle United forward William Osula described his 90th-minute winner against Manchester United as "the best feeling ever", as the Magpies provided a massive boost to their European ambitions.

A hectic end to the first half at St. James' Park saw Casemiro cancel out Anthony Gordon's penalty after Jacob Ramsey received a second yellow card for diving, with all three events taking place in stoppage time.

In the second half, Aaron Ramsdale made two huge saves to keep the match level before Osula cut inside Tyrell Malacia and curled into the bottom-left corner in the final minute.

Osula became the eighth Newcastle player to score a 90th-minute Premier League winning goal as a substitute, and the first for any club to do so against Man Utd in the Premier League.

The Magpies are now on 39 points in 12th, just five points behind seventh-placed Brentford with nine games to go this season.

In interviews with TNT Sports and BBC Match of the Day, Osula said: "That was the best feeling ever. I was so happy for that.

"When I came on, I just prayed that I was going to score and make something happen and thank God, that that happened.

"I was practicing that in training yesterday, to cut in and finish it, so the hard work paid off.

"It was testing my pace a bit, that ball in behind, but I got there and was happy with my end product."

This was only the 10th time United have lost to a 90th-minute winning goal in a Premier League match – eight of them have come in the last four seasons.

Newcastle, meanwhile, have had three such goals go their way in the league this season (also versus Fulham in October and Leeds United in January), only the third time they have had that many in a campaign, along with 2007-08 (three) and 2012-13 (four).

Magpies boss Eddie Howe was full of praise for Osula, who scored just his second league goal of the season.

Howe told BBC Match of the Day: "He [Osula] did 10 shots at the end of training and he wanted more. Fair play to him.

"It's the desire to repeat and to practice. He's delivered an amazing moment for the supporters here.

"It's a great moment for him and he deserves it. Hopefully, it's a turning point for him.

"A big moment for us. We've proved we're competitive against any team."