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Alexander Isak inspired Newcastle United to a history-making 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday evening.
that Premier League The victory represented Newcastle’s ninth in a row in all competitions, a feat only achieved twice before in the club’s 144-year history – and never surpassed.
Rafa Benitez came within one match of double-figure wins during Newcastle’s all-conquering run Championship campaign in 2016/17. The only previous precedent for such a prolific winning run in the top flight was Kevin Keegan’s glorious tenure. After winning their final match of the 1993/94 campaign, the club’s legendary free-wheeling outfit began the new season with eight straight wins.
Andrew Cole’s prolific man scored eight goals for the early iteration of Keegan’s ‘Entertainers’. Alexander Isak has surpassed his legendary predecessor, scoring ten goals in this nine-game winning run for the Magpies.
Sweden, which is increasingly looking worthy of it A lofty £150m valuationFiring off against Newcastle just after the half-hour mark, Wolves’ visit to St James’ Park was the eighth successive top-flight match in which Isak has scored. Only three other players in Premier League history have been able to match that burst of goals (Jamie Vardy, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Daniel Sturridge).
Issac doubled the hosts’ advantage after the interval and had a chance to complete his hat-trick but, after seeing his initial effort blocked, the in-form forward selflessly squared for Anthony Gordon to make it 3-0 in the 74th minute.
Howe would have joined the pantheon Newcastle Signs but never one to admit hyperbole. Which – based on some of the verbal knots Keegan and Benítez have tied themselves – is probably no bad thing. “We are in a key moment where it could lead to something else, so I would ask my players and myself to ignore everything and focus on the next one,” the manager warned ahead of the midweek win.
The victory took Newcastle over and into Chelsea Premier League top fourJust three points behind third-placed Nottingham Forest. “I believe anything is possible for us,” Howe reluctantly admitted earlier this week. “I said the same thing last season and the season before.
“There’s never a ceiling on what we can achieve. The only ceiling is the one we potentially put on our own. That’s an important point. I don’t think we can try to do anything on our own.”
