Bruno Guimaraes praise leads national reaction to Newcastle United's win at Southampton

Newcastle United claimed another huge scalp on Thursday in their bid for Premier League survival. The Magpies came from a goal behind to end Southampton’s 12-game unbeaten run and give themselves a 10-point cushion over the bottom three.

Victory means supporters can breathe a sigh of relief as realisation sets in that their club will almost certainly be playing top-flight football next season. Pre-match comments from Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl flared the tensions in the build-up as he took a swipe at Eddie Howe’s ability to field a different team compared to when the fixture was originally scheduled.

Any attempt to unnerve the opposition backfired for the Austrian, with January signings Chris Wood and Bruno Guimaraes on target to inspire a dramatic night at St Mary’s. This is how the national press viewed Newcastle's latest win down south…

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Adrian Kajumba in The Daily Mail focused on Hasenhuttl’s controversial pre-match mind games.

He wrote: “It was almost inevitable that Newcastle's new faces would have a decisive impact. It was just a matter of who and how many of them. In the end it was four and Newcastle had plenty to pick from.

“Less than impressed at the time about the prospect of facing a new-look team in the rescheduled game, Ralph Hasenhuttl had calmed down by the time Newcastle arrived at St Mary's. Though the identity of the men who combined to send his team to a first home league defeat since September would not have been lost on Southampton's manager.

The Sun’s Tom Barclay has hailed Bruno Guimaraes for his match-winning display on his full Premier League start.

He wrote: “And his fellow January signing Guimaraes netted an