Newcastle United returned to winning ways at a rain-soaked St James’ Park on Saturday afternoon to leave a well drilled Wolverhampton Wanderers well and truly out in the cold as the Magpies ran out 3:0 winners.
First half goals from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon looked to be it, until substitute Tino Livramento, on for the injured Kieran Trippier scoring his first goal for the club when he latched on to a sublime 40-yard pass from Fabien Schar before beating two defenders and somehow slotting the ball past a despairing Dan Bentley in the Wolves goal.
Three points, a first home league win in five attempts and a clean sheet – their first in two and a half months – will have delighted Eddie Howe as much as it did the home supporters, who once again packed out the ground: giving their team rousing support in difficult conditions.
But all could have been different but for a fine display by Martin Dubravka who followed on from his penalty saving display in mid-week by keeping out efforts by first Nathan Fraser and then Pablo Sarabia before holding on to Jeanricner Bellegarde's goal bound header moments later.
The man of the match award went to Anthony Gordon, but it could have easily gone to his teammate Bruno Guimarães who once again defied the odds on picking up a booking to put in one of his trademark performances as the orchestrator in chief in the Magpies midfield.
Isak’s goal on 14 minutes came from a fine run from Gordon after Schar had broken up a Wolves attack and immediately send Gordon free on the left wing. With Guimarães racing forward in support Gordon the ball to the Brazilian whose shot deflected into the path of Isak who nodded into an empty net from 5 yards.
And it was 2:0 on 33 minutes when Murphy’s fine cross from the right left the Wolves defenders floundering as keeper Jose Sa and Max Kilman failed to deal with both the ball and the conditions, leaving Gordon the simple task of slotting the ball home for his 9th goal of the season. Sa was injured as he scrambled to intercept the ball and was replaced at half time by Bentley.
Defeat ended a run of six wins from nine league games for Gary O’Neill’s team while for Eddie Howe his team looked more like the side that secured Champions League football for the first time in 20 years last term
First half goals from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon looked to be it, until substitute Tino Livramento, on for the injured Kieran Trippier scoring his first goal for the club when he latched on to a sublime 40-yard pass from Fabien Schar before beating two defenders and somehow slotting the ball past a despairing Dan Bentley in the Wolves goal.
Three points, a first home league win in five attempts and a clean sheet – their first in two and a half months – will have delighted Eddie Howe as much as it did the home supporters, who once again packed out the ground: giving their team rousing support in difficult conditions.
But all could have been different but for a fine display by Martin Dubravka who followed on from his penalty saving display in mid-week by keeping out efforts by first Nathan Fraser and then Pablo Sarabia before holding on to Jeanricner Bellegarde's goal bound header moments later.
The man of the match award went to Anthony Gordon, but it could have easily gone to his teammate Bruno Guimarães who once again defied the odds on picking up a booking to put in one of his trademark performances as the orchestrator in chief in the Magpies midfield.
Isak’s goal on 14 minutes came from a fine run from Gordon after Schar had broken up a Wolves attack and immediately send Gordon free on the left wing. With Guimarães racing forward in support Gordon the ball to the Brazilian whose shot deflected into the path of Isak who nodded into an empty net from 5 yards.
And it was 2:0 on 33 minutes when Murphy’s fine cross from the right left the Wolves defenders floundering as keeper Jose Sa and Max Kilman failed to deal with both the ball and the conditions, leaving Gordon the simple task of slotting the ball home for his 9th goal of the season. Sa was injured as he scrambled to intercept the ball and was replaced at half time by Bentley.
Defeat ended a run of six wins from nine league games for Gary O’Neill’s team while for Eddie Howe his team looked more like the side that secured Champions League football for the first time in 20 years last term
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