If there is a civil war raging in the background, it seems to be suiting Newcastle very well. For all the tension between the manager, Eddie Howe, and the sporting director, Paul Mitchell, they have won three and drawn one of their opening four games of the season, leaving them third on goal difference behind Arsenal in second.
It was not a perfect display from Newcastle, far from it. A lot of the limitations of their squad were clear, but Howe took decisive action with a triple substitution at half-time and had his reward as one of the players he brought on, Harvey Barnes, scored a brilliant winner with 10 minutes remaining, cutting in from the left past Nélson Semedo and smashing a 25-yard drive inside the far post.
Written by Jonathan Wilson at Molineux
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/sep/15/wolves-newcastle-premier-league-match-report under the title “Newcastle super sub Harvey Barnes’ blistering strike sinks stumbling Wolves”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
