Newcastle 3-0 Wolves: Alexander Isak's brace fires Magpies into the top four as Eddie Howe's men secure ninth straight win
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Eddie Howe is now keeping company with Kevin Keegan and Rafa Benitez as the orchestrater of nine straight Newcastle wins - the challenge is to leave that pair looking up at him on the podium. Keegan and Benitez won lots of matches and just as many hearts, but no trophies. Howe can. He and his players have a glint in their eye and silverware in their sights.
![[His first goal took a huge deflection, while his second was coolly slotted past Jose Sa]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/21/94139551-14289129-image-a-60_1736976855264.jpg)
And why can’t that be the Premier League, in a season of no runaway leader and with pace-setters Liverpool beginning to slow?. None of Newcastle’s rivals have Alexander Isak, scorer of another two goals here to make it 12 in his last 10 games and 17 for the season. He also got an assist and a saved a goal with a challenge inside his own goalmouth.
![[Eddie Howe's team are flying and must now be targeting a trophy this season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/21/94141069-14289129-image-a-61_1736977003179.jpg)
None of their rivals have Sandro Tonali or Bruno Guimaraes, either. To think, we wondered if they could even play together just over a month ago, with the team stuck in the bottom half of the table. Now, they are artist and aggressor, and those roles are interchangeable.
![[Jorgen Strand Larsen hit the post when Wolves were only 1-0 down in the first half, and was also denied by the woodwork after the break]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/21/94138619-14289129-image-a-62_1736977024276.jpg)
It really is mystifying to remember Tonali charging up and down blind alleys as a No.8 during the first part of this season. A player of his vision should never be partially sighted. The Italian deserves to have the full picture in front of him and, from No.6, he continues to make strokes that others simply cannot.
![[He was made to pay for his misses as Anthony Gordon added a third goal for Newcastle]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/21/94140475-14289129-image-a-63_1736977060453.jpg)
Alexander Isak scored in either half to put Newcastle on their way to a ninth straight win. His first goal took a huge deflection, while his second was coolly slotted past Jose Sa. Eddie Howe's team are flying and must now be targeting a trophy this season.
