Newcastle revived their bid to decorativeness successful the Premier League's apical 4 with a battling triumph implicit Wolves astatine St James' Park.
Substitute Miguel Almiron curled location the victor with 12 minutes near arsenic the Magpies ended a tally of 3 consecutive defeats successful each competitions to leapfrog Liverpool into 5th connected extremity quality and determination wrong 4 points of fourth-placed Tottenham, who person played 2 games more.
Hwang Hee-chan, different substitute, had levelled for Wolves seconds aft coming connected to cancel retired Alexander Isak's towering first-half header.
Wolves were 2nd champion for ample periods but volition consciousness aggrieved that they were not awarded a penalty, and that Nick Pope was not sent off, erstwhile the Newcastle goalkeeper appeared to instrumentality down Raul Jimenez six minutes earlier Isak's opener, with referee Andy Madley waving distant their appeals.
Pope past went connected to marque a fig of good saves to contradict Julen Lopetegui's side, who enactment 13th and miss the accidental to determination six points wide of the relegation zone.
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Newcastle extremity losing run
Speaking earlier the game, Eddie Howe said helium hoped for a "spark oregon idiosyncratic moment" to get his Newcastle team's flagging play backmost connected way and it arrived courtesy of apical scorer Almiron, whose good idiosyncratic play continued with an 11th extremity of the season.
It is Newcastle's archetypal triumph successful six games successful each competitions and their archetypal location triumph successful the Premier League since a 1-0 triumph implicit Fulham successful mid-January.
After a quiescent start, their opener arrived erstwhile Kieran Trippier's unsafe escaped footwear was met by Isak, who edged wide of his marker and buried a almighty header into the corner.
That sparked Newcastle into beingness and they came adjacent to a 2nd extremity erstwhile Bruno Guimaraes deed the barroom with a header from adjacent scope aft Dan Burn had helped Trippier's country backmost into the six-yard box.
Trippier was blameworthy of a antiaircraft mistake to let Wolves to level successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile helium slipped and collided with Pope arsenic helium attempted a clearance, the shot falling astatine the feet of Hwang, who tapped into an unfastened nett seconds aft coming connected to the pitch.
After Almiron restored Newcastle's lead, Sven Botman came adjacent to a 3rd successful stoppage clip erstwhile helium blazed wide from six yards aft immoderate fantastic interplay betwixt the Paraguayan and Guimaraes.
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Player of the match
Rúben NevesRúben Neves
with an mean of 7.80
Newcastle United
Squad number14Player nameIsak
Squad number24Player nameAlmirón
Squad number2Player nameTrippier
Squad number10Player nameSaint-Maximin
Squad number39Player nameBruno Guimarães
Squad number28Player nameWillock
Squad number5Player nameSchär
Squad number23Player nameMurphy
Squad number4Player nameBotman
Squad number33Player nameBurn
Squad number22Player namePope
Squad number11Player nameRitchie
Squad number9Player nameWilson
Squad number36Player nameS Longstaff
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Squad number15Player nameDawson
Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
Squad number9Player nameJiménez
Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
Squad number23Player nameKilman
Squad number5Player nameLemina
Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
Squad number19Player nameJonny
Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
Squad number4Player nameCollins
Line-ups
Newcastle
Formation 4-3-3
- 22Pope
- 2Trippier
- 5Schär
- 4Botman
- 33Burn
- 36S Longstaff
- 39Bruno Guimarães
- 28Willock
- 23MurphySubstituted forRitchieat 85'minutes
- 14IsakBooked astatine 68minsSubstituted forWilsonat 68'minutes
- 10Saint-MaximinSubstituted forAlmirónat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Dúbravka
- 3Dummett
- 6Lascelles
- 9Wilson
- 11Ritchie
- 13Targett
- 19Manquillo
- 24Almirón
- 32Anderson
Wolves
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked astatine 58mins
- 15Dawson
- 23Kilman
- 19Castro OttoSubstituted forAït-Nouriat 69'minutes
- 8NevesSubstituted forNunesat 69'minutes
- 5Lemina
- 37TraoréSubstituted forNetoat 45'minutes
- 28João MoutinhoSubstituted forCollinsat 75'minutes
- 10PodenceBooked astatine 44minsSubstituted forHwang Hee-chanat 69'minutes
- 9Jiménez
Substitutes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 4Collins
- 7Neto
- 11Hwang Hee-chan
- 12Matheus Cunha
- 24Gomes
- 25Bentley
- 27Nunes
- 35João Gomes
Referee:Andy Madley
Attendance:52,240
Live Text
Match ends, Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Dan Burn.
Attempt missed. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is conscionable a spot excessively high. Assisted by Miguel Almirón pursuing a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United).
Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Dan Burn (Newcastle United).
Attempt blocked. Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Matt Ritchie replaces Jacob Murphy.
Goal! Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Joe Willock.
José Sá (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Callum Wilson (Newcastle United).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Collins replaces João Moutinho.
Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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