Baku, Feb. 19 -- Newcastle United all but secured their place in the UEFA Champions League last-16 with a brilliant 6-1 demolition of Qarabag FK at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on Wednesday.

On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen secured a commanding 2-0 first-leg victory over Olympiacos at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis in Attica, Greece, as per the UEFA Champions League website.

Newcastle needed just three minutes to break the opening, with Anthony Gordon scoring his first of the four goals in the match. The lead was doubled in the 8th minute when Malick Thiaw headed home a goal for the club.

The first half belonged entirely to Gordon. In the 32nd minute, the winger dispatched a penalty after Harvey Barnes' effort was...