Johnson smashes home late winner for visitors
Sunderland break on the counter to score
Seven bookings in feisty Tyne-Wear derby
Sunderland now won last four league derbies
Image source, Getty ImagesCheick Tiote has been fighting the law and finally the law catches up with him.
The Newcastle midfielder clatters into an aerial challenge with Connor Wickham and picks himself up to find yellow waved in this face.
Massive let-off for Newcastle! Connor Wickham, almost on the line, contrives to glance a header wide of the post with Jak Alnwick stranded. It was a wicked delivery from Adam Johnson after he had been on the receiving end of Cheick Tiote's fourth foul of the match.
Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie:, external Sissoko = problem
During the minute's applause, Newcastle goalkeeper Jak Alnwick almost put his captain into deep trouble, rolling the ball past Fabricio Coloccini, forcing the Argentine to stretch to keep Connor Wickham from intercepting and running in on goal.
Steve Harper
Hull City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 live
Image source, AFPDiscussing the foul on Steven Fletcher by Fabricio Coloccini, which earned the defender a yellow card: "It's a big ball hung up to Fletcher and Coloccini knows exactly what he is doing. On another day he could have seen red and I think he is quite fortunate. It has been a lively start. Sunderland are just starting to get a foot-hold in the game."
The atmosphere changes to warm applause as Newcastle fans stand to thank their Sunderland counterparts for their support and fund-raising in the wake of the deaths of fans Liam Sweeney and John Alder on flight MH17 earlier this year.
Sunderland's Steven Fletcher clumps the ball clean over the bar from 25 yards. Jonny Wilkinson-esque.
Amid all the fouls and niggles, the first chance of the game.
Moussa Sissoko cuts inside, swaps passes with Sammy Ameobi, but fails to connect cleanly with his right foot, dribbling a shot straight into the gloves of Costel Pantilimon.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand:, external Cattermole took his time with his 1st foul...15seconds
Image source, Getty ImagesKarl Cobane: Less than 2 minutes and the ref has given a yellow card. Refs lost his head already
Siddharth Kochar: Shouldn't Cattermole be called Lee CLATTERMOLE?
Shohidur Rahman: 8 minutes in and already a yellow each. No way this is ending 11 vs 11
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Cheick Tiote is walking the tightrope. The Newcastle midfielder, one yellow away from an automatic ban, commits his third foul of the match, catching Sebastian Larsson around the ankles.
One more offence and surely he is heading into the little black book and out of contention for the hosts' next game.
Jack Colback stirs the pot as he responds to the applause of Newcastle fans with a handclap of his own as he heads over to take a corner.
Nothing results from the corner as John O'Shea gets up highest and heads clear.
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Image source, Getty ImagesSunderland want red. Gus Poyet's eyeballs are on stalks. But Anthony Taylor decides that Fabricio Coloccini's knee into the back of Connor Wickham is worthy only of yellow.
It was your classic 'orange card'. It could have gone either way, but was probably more clumsy than malicious.
Image source, AFPJak Alnwick comes and claims the free-kick comfortably. That will be a confidence-builder for the Newcastle goalkeeper.
Sunderland finally get up over the halfway for the first time as Sebastian Coates strides forward. Jordi Gomez is flattened by a strong shoulder from Cheick Tiote.
Sebastian Larsson asks the question, but the yellow is staying firmly in the referee's pocket.
If he keeps his red hidden for the full game he will be doing well.
Image source, Getty ImagesReferee Anthony Taylor holds out until only the second minute. Sebastian Coates catches Ayoze Perez to earn the game's first yellow card and Paul Dummett curls the resulting free-kick over the top. Newcastle have started full of aggression and intent.
Image source, Getty ImagesCheck that one off your Tyne-Wear derby bingo card.
Lee Cattermole flings himself into Daryl Janmaat, it could have been a yellow card, but referee Anthony Taylor holds fire.
Newcastle's Sammy Ameobi heads just over from the resulting free-kick.
Newcastle kicking towards the Gallowgate End in the first half...
Image source, AFPNewcastle manager Alan Pardew: "They're nerve-wracking games for players and staff because they affect the city for 10 days and it makes you uncomfortable when you lose, so the best answer to that is to win - and then the gravy will taste nice and buttery and the chicken will be good."
Mmm, buttery.
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew: "It's huge for this area. We've not done well in recent games. This team that Gus Poyet has is good at punishing you if you make an error.
"We have to make sure we get the goals. We still haven't scored enough. Papiss Cisse had a tough week - he didn't train until Thursday. But he's on the bench and he's had an uncanny knack of scoring late in games.
On five local players in the starting XI: "We've had a strong French influence in last couple and maybe they didn't quite get intensity of game. We are a team that can reach heights that a lot can't reach, but we cant reach it consistently because our players are young."