Newcastle United got back to winning ways down at Southampton on Saturday overcoming an early scare, and indeed a late one too, to win 3-1 thanks to two goals from Alexander Isak and one from Sandro Tonali.
Every one of Newcastle's goals was special in some way. The coolness of Alexander Isak's penalty would have made penguins feel at home in the 18-yard box. He gave 'keeper Alex McCarthy the eye, sent him the wrong way and just rolled the ball into the net with very little power.
Isak's second was even more stunning thanks to a brilliant run from Jacob Murphy leading up to a fiercely hit through ball which Isak took in his stride with a stunning first touch before placing the finish right into the corner.
And where do we even start with Tonali's goal? The Italian came bursting out of defence to win a ball in the air which he nodded to Isak, who chested it down to Anthony Gordon who hit a one-time pass into the path of Tonali who had continued his run at full pelt and went through one-v-one with McCarthy, waited for him to show his hand and fired the ball home.
After a win like that Bruno Guimaraes always heads to social media to make some kind of statement about the match, but he obviously didn't think this one through last night as his opening line had fans' stomach's turning.
"I don’t know what the future holds, but this team will always fight for the best for our club! +3 and see you next week. @NUFC 🖤🤍3️⃣9️⃣"
Naturally, that first sentence caused mass panic, to the point where Bruno had to come out and add to it about 15 minutes later to calm people down.
"Don’t worry guys! I am talking about what happens on the pitch. Thank you again for the support today, see you at St. James’ Park 🖤🤍3️⃣9️⃣"
Bruno hadn't looked happy when his number was held up and he was replaced in the second half, and some fans suspected that he'd thrown his toys out of the pram and was considering a move.
In fairness, it's not the biggest logic leap we've made as fans in the recent past, and when it comes to the likes of Bruno, Tonali, Isak and Gordon, everything they say/do is going to be hyper-analysed for hidden meanings because they are all so important to the club.
Thankfully, it was a false alarm and just a poor choice of words by the Brazilian, which given English isn't his first language is very forgivable. Return to DEFCON 5.
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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25 | 36 | 60 |
2 |
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25 | 29 | 53 |
3 |
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25 | 12 | 47 |
4 |
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25 | 17 | 44 |
5 |
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25 | 15 | 43 |
6 |
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25 | 13 | 43 |
7 |
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25 | 9 | 41 |
8 |
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25 | 5 | 39 |
9 |
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25 | -3 | 38 |
10 |
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25 | 0 | 37 |
11 |
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25 | 1 | 34 |
12 |
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25 | 12 | 30 |
13 |
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25 | -3 | 30 |
14 |
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25 | -4 | 30 |
15 |
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25 | -7 | 29 |
16 |
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25 | -18 | 27 |
17 |
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25 | -19 | 19 |
18 |
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25 | -27 | 17 |
19 |
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25 | -30 | 17 |
20 |
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25 | -38 | 9 |