A recovery while in control for Newcastle. Against Leicester on Monday afternoon, the Magpies delivered a very solid performance, between a lethal first period and a very controlled second (0-3), and confirm the legitimacy of their ambitions in the Premier League.
English legend George Cohen died on December 23, the King Power Stadium first observed a minute of silence. It didn’t take much more for Newcastle, once the kick-off was given, to put Leicester away to the score: Joelinton was broke in the box in the 2nd minute, and Chris Wood deceived Danny Ward from the penalty spot (0- 1, 3rd minute).
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Miguel Almirón did not hesitate, a few moments later, to exploit the largesse of the Foxes defense: a one-two at full speed, a well-executed control in the middle of the race, and the break was done (0-2, 7th minute) by the Paraguayan, definitely in great shape this season on the right wing of Eddie Howe’s attack.
Keeping warm very early in the game, Newcastle continued to put their game down, without being unduly worried by Brendan Rodgers’ proteges, who seemed to see the ghosts who were chasing them at the start of the season appear again, and that they had managed to get away during the last days before the World Cup. Joelinton increased the bet from a corner (0-3, 32nd minute), putting his people permanently in the shelter, before a very calm second period.
Brighton still strong
Newcastle therefore moved into second place in the standings, with two games in addition to Arsenal, leader, and Manchester City; at this time of the season, no more doubts about the fact that it will be necessary to reckon with the band at Saint-Maximin, who entered at the end of the match, in the race for the podium. Leicester is in thirteenth position, before finding Liverpool on Friday.
And it was very good to play away this afternoon, since in the other meetings, Wolverhampton snatched victory at Goodison Park ahead of Everton thanks to Rayan Aït-Nouri in the 95th (1-2), Fulham disposed of Crystal Palace in a London derby (0-3), and Brighton won at Southampton with a gem from Solly March (1-3).
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