After making the 首相 League's fastest-ever player look like a tugboat, Newcastle must build their team around 最高の Swede Alexander Isak, 令状s Craig Hope

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Newcastle want to build their team around Alexander Isak, and one day they might just find Micky 先頭 de Ven buried まっただ中に the 創立/基礎s.

The 首相 League’s fastest-ever player was made to look like a tugboat by the home striker, whose 速度(を上げる) of thought was too quick for the feet of the Tottenham defender, as 早い as they may be.

There was only one of that pair worthy of comparison to Usain Bolt here. For while Isak wore spikes, 先頭 de Ven was in roller skates. Rio Ferdinand に例えるd him to a Rolls Royce before kick-off. The Peckham-raised pundit could 井戸/弁護士席 have used a コマドリ Reliant 地位,任命する game.


The goal that 始める,決める the ball rolling, and 先頭 de Ven 落ちるing, saw Isak dash inside the Dutch centre-支援する before finishing past Guglielmo Vicario in the 31st minute. There is an image of the 刺激(する)s man in a literal spin, 長,率いる on the 床に打ち倒す as if break dancing.

Within 90 seconds he was 支援する on that dance 床に打ち倒す, but this was a 黒人/ボイコット and white party. This time, Anthony Gordon chopped beyond 先頭 de Ven - who slipped over, again - and the winger 粉砕するd through Vicario.

Alexander Isak ran riot at St James' Park as Newcastle breezed past Tottenham in a 4-0 victory

Alexander Isak ran 暴動 at St James' Park as Newcastle 微風d past Tottenham in a 4-0 victory?

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The Sweden international bagged a brace as he danced past the Spurs defence on Saturday

The Sweden international bagged a を締める as he danced past the 刺激(する)s defence on Saturday

The 24-year-old striker's stock has continued to rise throughout the 2023-24 campaign

The 24-year-old striker's 在庫/株 has continued to rise throughout the 2023-24 (選挙などの)運動をする

Come the 51st minute and 先頭 de Ven was playing a line so high that Isak was onside by virtue of 存在 in his own half. He duly ran (疑いを)晴らす to make it 3-0. At this point, it was hard to know if the Holland international was 控訴,上告ing for a 旗 or asking Ange Postecoglou to take him off.

It says much about the 訪問者s that there were several 候補者s more deserving of the hook, and before the hour captain Son Heung-min was の中で a hapless trio 長,率いるd for the dressing-room. No need for an 早期に にわか雨 when you 港/避難所’t broken a sweat.

説 that, Isak didn’t break a bead all afternoon. He may have the look of a long-distance 走者, so lean and lithe 四肢d, but he moves like a (短距離で)速く走る人 out of the 封鎖するs. Most impressive of all, he does so with the ball at his feet. His 陳列する,発揮する 反映するd that of his team - efficient, unforgiving and 臨床の.

Newcastle, remarkably, had just 27 per cent 所有/入手, and that is why this was a victory for Eddie Howe. He 工夫するd a game-計画(する) that 許すd 刺激(する)s to have the ball, 許すd them to lose it - Son 降伏するd it twice 主要な to goals - and then 許すd his lightening 前線 trio of Isak, Gordon and Harvey Barnes to expose the 対立 欠陥s, すなわち that high line and those 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with 遂行する/発効させるing it. While that 策略 failed, Newcastle’s excelled. They 追加するd a fourth by more 従来の means when Fabian Schar 長,率いるd in from a corner late on.

The Magpies looked like the team of last season, the one that finished fourth and 粉砕するd 刺激(する)s 6-1 in the same fixture a year ago. That will be both 安心させるing and 失望させるing for Howe, because with better luck around availability - 傷害s and Sandro Tonali’s 中断 have been 手足を不自由にする/(物事を)損なうing - they could have made the 支持する/優勝者s League once more.

Take Isak. He has started 21 of 32 league games. With him in the team more often, the 10-point gap that remains between these 味方するs would be far いっそう少なく.

But what continues to multiply is the Swede’s 価値(がある). Newcastle’s 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Darren Eales is on the 記録,記録的な/記録する 説 that every player has their price in an FFP world. Howe would prefer it if that did not 延長する to Isak, who in 得点する/非難する/20ing his 20th and 21st goals of the season became the first Newcastle player to 逮捕する 20 in a 選び出す/独身 (選挙などの)運動をする since Alan Shearer 20 years ago.

Eddie Howe watched on as his side put in a performance that will remind fans of lasts season

Eddie Howe watched on as his 味方する put in a 業績/成果 that will remind fans of lasts season

Isak scored either side of half-time on the day, to take his tally for the season up to 17 goals

Isak 得点する/非難する/20d either 味方する of half-time on the day, to take his 一致する for the season up to 17 goals

‘We are trying to build a team here,’ said Howe. ‘We are trying to grow everything 上向きs. To do that as quickly as possible, you need to keep your best players. さもなければ, you enter a period of 移行 and have to start again. Your 最高の,を越す players, the エリート ones, are so difficult to 新採用する. When we get one, we have to try and keep them.’

Isak is not alone, though. Gordon was sensational. He robbed 運命 Udogie for the opener before finding scorer Isak in the area. He was soon pouncing on Pedro Porro’s hopeless 支援する pass, making light work of 先頭 de Ven’s 試みる/企てるd 介入 and 大打撃を与えるing his 11th of the season for 2-0. It was his corner for Schar’s goal, too. In a 直面する-off of England 希望に満ちたs, this was Anthony Gordon 3 James Maddison 0 for goal 出資/貢献s.

Bruno Guimaraes was the creator for Isak’s second, showing the presence of mind to 偉業/利用する Ange Ball with an angled ball over the 最高の,を越す. It looked 平易な, but passes like that are the 保存する of an エリート player. Like Isak and Gordon, Guimaraes is that.

Howe, then, has the 核心 of a 支持する/優勝者s League team. Newcastle, as the 経営者/支配人 wishes, should build on what they already have.