Wood, who became New Zealand’s record scorer during last month’s international break, had seen a strike dismissed by VAR in the first half, but his decisive intervention ended his side’s three-game losing streak.
It was little more than Eddie Howe’s side – inspired by the excellent Bruno Guimaraes – worth a night when Wolves rarely looked like claiming the three points needed to climb into the top six, until late. Don’t be in a hurry
Watched by a crowd of more than 52,000 at St James’ Park, Newcastle thought they had taken the lead in the 24th minute when a prone Wood fired home after Wolves failed to clear Guimares’ cross – When he and Miguel Almiron cleverly exchanged passes . Although there was no offside flag, it was decided that a VAR review should have followed.
Wood finally got his chance with 18 minutes remaining. When he was supported by Jose Sa running towards Jolinton’s pass, Wood sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot to score.
Guimaraes may have made it 2–0, but saw his hit trickle only wide, but the lead was extremely fragile with Fabio Silva going to waste before being denied a fine save from Martín Dubravka as time went on. was reduced.
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