Record signing Alexander Isak was glad to be in the suitable place on the proper time to maintain Newcastle United’s bid for a top-four Premier League end on monitor.
The £60million striker got here off the bench to go the Magpies to a 1-0 victory over in-form Fulham on Sunday and ship them again above Manchester United into third place within the desk.
It was the 23-year-old Sweden worldwide’s third purpose in 4 league appearances both aspect of a four-month damage lay-off, and it might hardly have been higher timed with only a minute of regular time remaining.
He stated: “It felt great and it was always special coming on and scoring a late winner. I could not miss that one.”
Isak’s winner was reward for the Magpies’ persistence on an eventful afternoon at St James’ Park.
The dwelling aspect had been dealt a probably significantly blow when key midfielder Bruno Guimaraes limped off at half-time having did not run off an ankle damage which head coach Eddie Howe later revealed was a priority.
However, the drama didn’t finish there as Newcastle continued to create however not take possibilities and had been nearly made to pay.
Referee Robert Jones, a lot to Fulham boss Marco Silva’s consternation, didn’t level to the penalty spot for Dan Burn’s tug on Andreas Pereira or when Bobby Decordova-Reid went down beneath Kieran Trippier’s problem seconds later, however a VAR evaluation on the second incident handed former Magpie Aleksandar Mitrovic the prospect to place the guests forward.
The Serbia worldwide beat keeper Nick Pope from 12 yards, however solely after his right-footed penalty had looped up off his left boot and was duly disallowed, that means Isak’s point-blank header from Callum Wilson’s cross was sufficient to safe the factors.
The Swede stated: “I just sensed that the ball was going to go in at some point because we had some pressure on them. We knew eventually the ball would bounce right and I was there at the right time.”
Silva, who noticed his aspect lose the reverse fixture 4-1 in October after Nathaniel Chalobah’s eighth-minute dismissal, was aggrieved that Burn has not suffered an analogous destiny, a choice he felt would have modified the sport.
He stated: “We can win, we can lose in the same way, but the game would be completely different if you play the game with 10 players.
“I think you all agree with me, 10 will be completely different from that moment.”
