Newcastle United defender Dan Burn has hailed team-mates Miguel Almiron and Bruno Guimaraes following a scintillating begin to the season.
The Magpies at present discover themselves sixth within the Premier League desk. With 14 factors to their identify from their opening 9 video games, they sit two factors adrift of the highest 4.
Eddie Howe’s facet have misplaced only one league match all season and boast the joint-best defensive file.
Newcastle have solely conceded 9 objectives, but it’s their current attacking exploits that are making all of the headlines.
The crew have scored 9 objectives throughout their final two video games. Howe’s males beat Fulham 4-1 away in London earlier than thrashing Brentford 5-1 at St James’ Park.
Almiron scored three of these objectives, together with a double towards Fulham.
The participant struggled for type since arriving on the membership again in January 2019. To make issues worse, the Paraguayan was the butt of a joke from Man Metropolis star Jack Grealish, who as soon as teased team-mate Riyad Mahrez by saying he ‘performed like Almiron’.
This season, nonetheless, the 28-year-old has lastly begun to point out his full potential for the reason that £21million switch from Atlanta.
One other Newcastle star who has impressed is Guimaraes. The 24-year-old chipped in with two objectives and one help over the last two outings.
The Brazil worldwide missed three video games earlier this season attributable to an harm, although he has hit again in model.
Burn praised each gamers, telling talkSPORT: “You simply have to get the ball to them and watch them.
“I believe that it’s an enormous confidence factor as effectively, notably with gamers like Miggy [Almiron] who possibly wasn’t enjoying as effectively at first of his profession right here.
“I believe it’s that confidence and realizing that the supervisor has acquired that perception in you to go and do the issues he’s doing.
“I believe he’s unplayable generally and Bruno [Guimaraes] is a type of uncommon gamers who has acquired that class the place you may give them the ball wherever and the best way he strikes his physique and strikes the ball and stuff.
“He’s actually world-class.”
Each gamers can be seeking to preserve their type forward of an enormous month for the Magpies.
This weekend, Howe’s males could have an opportunity to leap into the highest 5 ought to they decide up a win at Outdated Trafford towards Manchester United.
Newcastle will then tackle Everton, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Southampton and Chelsea earlier than the World Cup break.
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