SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) – Bruno Guimaraes scored the winner for Newcastle United with a superb back-heeled volley as his aspect got here from a goal all the way down to safe a vital 2-1 victory at Southampton within the Premier League on Thursday.
Stuart Armstrong gave Southampton the lead halfway via the primary half with a deflected header, however Chris Wood equalised for the guests with a exact header from Jonjo Shelvey’s very good inswinging cross within the thirty second minute.
It was the striker’s first goal in his eighth look for Newcastle, however his celebrations had been nearly reduce quick as Che Adams struck an angled drive off the underside of the crossbar earlier than it bounced away to security.
Brazilian Guimaraes additionally grabbed his first goal for Newcastle with an audacious piece of talent within the 66th minute, reacting quickest to back-heel the ball into the web following a nook.
The guests regarded set to kill the sport off as they poured ahead on the lookout for a 3rd, and Southampton needed to scramble to outlive a goalmouth scramble as Guimaraes threatened with a header.
Southampton struggled as they sought to trend an equaliser however went shut when Valentino Livramento’s depraved cross was touched over the bar by Martin Dubravka.
The Newcastle keeper pulled off one other good save to disclaim Mohammed Salisu late on, and with the fourth official indicating there could be at least six minutes of time added on, the momentum swung again in direction of the house aspect.
Adams had a shot smothered by last-ditch Newcastle defending and Armstrong had a strong strike from distance touched over by Dubravka as Newcastle preserved their unbeaten league run in 2022.
Eddie Howe’s aspect moved on to 31 factors, 10 forward of 18th-placed Burnley. Southampton are tenth on 35 factors.
(Reporting by Philip O’Connor, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
