Source: TheGuardian
Livramento ensures Newcastle enjoy their day in the rain against Wolves
As torrential rain cascaded down on a chilly Tyneside afternoon, it became ever easier to understand why Saudi Arabia’s tourism ministry believes holidays in its new Red Sea Coast resorts will ultimately sell well in north-east England. If that grand project still seems slightly fanciful, the prospect of Eddie Howe delighting Newcastle’s Saudi owners by taking his team on another European tour looked a lot more realistic at 5pm than it had done two hours earlier.By the final whistle, Newcastle had leapfrogged Wolves to rise to seventh place in the Premier League, well within reach of a Europa League berth. Almost equally importantly, their first home win and League clean sheet of 2024 had gone a long way towards restoring recently ebbing faith in their defensive capabilities and Howe’s coaching nous. Continue reading......read full article
