Newcastle United returned to winning ways with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday afternoon, climbing into the Premier League top five with the club’s first top-flight triumph in eight weeks.
The Magpies came into the contest with the fewest goals in 2023 across Europe’s top five leagues while Wolves were the lowest scorers across the entire campaign in English professional football. Perhaps understandably, both managers fielded entirely new-look forward lines.
The replacement striker Julen Lopetegui deployed was controversially denied a chance to break…
