Newcastle are still without an away win this season after Keith Andrews' Brentford won a chaotic and controversial encounter 3-1.
The Magpies, who have not tasted victory on the road since April, took the lead through Harvey Barnes.
But they quickly found themselves caught up in a maelstrom of long throws, VAR controversies and a red card - all in a day's work for the Bees at the Gtech Community Stadium.
After Kevin Schade equalised referee Stuart Attwell and VAR Paul Tierney took centre-stage, the former denying Brentford what looked a clear penalty for a foul by Dan Burn - instead booking Dango Ouattara for a dive - and the latter surprisingly agreeing.
But, lo and behold, a few minutes later when Ouattara went down again under Burn's challenge, Attwell this time pointed to the spot and showed the hapless Burn a second yellow card.
Igor Thiago rolled in the penalty and added a third in stoppage time to condemn Newcastle to more misery on their travels on the fourth anniversary of Eddie Howe's appointment as manager.
Andrews' team meanwhile climbed to 12th after their fifth win of the campaign.
Aston Villa cruised to a fourth straight home league victory brushing Bournemouth aside 4-0 at Villa Park.
Unai Emery's side had only scored nine goals in the league coming into the match but put their goalscoring woes to bed to dispatch Andoni Iraola's below-par Cherries with ease.
Emiliano Buendia's sublime free-kick put them on track for a fifth win from six before Amadou Onana's cracker from range doubled their lead.
Villa had to withstand a spell of Bournemouth pressure but Emiliano Martinez produced a string of fine saves to keep their lead intact, including a one-handed stop to deny denied Antoine Semenyo from the penaly spot after Morgan Rogers handled.
Villa then made the match safe as substitutes Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen struck to wrap up victory and deliver a first four-goal haul of the campaign.
Crystal Palace and Brighton played out a forgettable 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park to remain a point apart in mid-table.
There was little to separate the teams in terms of performance, with the visitors shading the possession statistics while Palace had more shots but fewer on target.
This was, in truth, the extent of the difference between them, with neither side deserving more than what they left with.
If anyone deserved more it was the supporters, home and away, who maintained a ferocious atmosphere throughout in south London despite a paucity of anything happening on the pitch to justify it.
