Newcastle’s rise to becoming a team ready to compete in the
Few predicted it would happen this quickly.
With a 2-1 win at Tottenham on Sunday, Newcastle climbed into fourth place in the
Newcastle’s only loss all season has come at Liverpool, and that was after a stoppage-time goal. There have been draws against Manchester City and, just last weekend,
This, then, is no fluke by a team that doesn’t have any real superstars — yet — but is extremely well-drilled under manager
“When you associate us with money, it takes away the credit for the players,” Howe said. "I will stand up for them and say a lot of these players were here anyway and the ones we have recruited, we have recruited wisely.
“But let's give the credit for the performance, not look at how the team has been put together.”
Newcastle has an unlikely scoring sensation, too, with
That came in the 40th minute when the
Lloris played a central role in Newcastle’s opening goal nine minutes earlier, after he was blocked off by
“We are keeping our feet on the ground,” Wilson said, “but it’s slowly but surely falling into place.”
When Saudi Arabia’s PIF bought out Newcastle, the team was winless and in 19th place last season.
Now, Newcastle is fourth and seven points behind leader Arsenal, which drew 1-1 at Southampton to bring its eight-match winning run in all competitions to an end. It was only the second time Arsenal had dropped points in the league in 11 games.
Arsenal went ahead through
Arsenal’s lead now stands at two points from Manchester City, with Tottenham a further three points back. It has been a good weekend for City, which beat Brighton 3-1 on Saturday.
MARSCH UNDER PRESSURE
American coach
Leeds’ 3-2 loss at home to Fulham sparked jeers from its supporters at full time. There were chants against Marsch and the club’s board in the final minutes of the game, with Leeds in the relegation zone and on a four-match losing run.
“We are unified here, from the board to the staff and the players,” said Marsch, who has been in charge since replacing
Goals by
VILLA'S REACTION
Just imagine what
Gerrard was fired Thursday after a year in charge, soon after a 3-0 loss at Fulham, with his team in poor form and largely ineffective in attack.
Interim coach
“We owed the fans that performance and result," Ings said.
“Naturally you always see a reaction from a team when something happens like it has this week with the gaffer leaving. For what we have in the dressing room it was quite simply not good enough and hasn’t been for a long period of time."
IMPROVING LEICESTER
Leicester is out of the relegation zone. Wolverhampton has dropped deeper into it.
With their second 4-0 win in their last five games, Leicester's players are putting behind them a dreadful start to the season that left
Now it's Wolves — playing under an interim manager following the firing of
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