Journalists hail ‘brilliant’ Bruno v Wolves

Newcastle United returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday evening and Bruno Guimaraes was one of many players who shone at St James’ Park. The 24-year-old started alongside Jonjoe Shelvey and Joelinton and put in a brilliant performance to stifle Wolves in the North-East.

Bruno Lage’s men had just five shots all game, two of which hit the target. João Moutinho, Luke Cundle and Trincao created just one chance between them and didn’t win an aerial duel.

Lee Ryder of Chronicle Live gave Bruno a player rating of 10/10 and said he delivered ‘a sparkling display’. Sean Walsh of 90min gave the Brazilian international a player rating of 9/10 and said he was ‘crucial’ in everything Newcastle did. Finally, iNews gave him a player rating of 9/10 and called his performance ‘brilliant’.

Against Wolves, Bruno played for 87 minutes, had 67 touches, completed 90.2% of his 41 passes, created one chance, had one shot, whipped in two crosses, found a teammate with 100% of his long balls, made five tackles, had one interception, made three clearances, had two successful dribbles and won five freekicks.

The 24-year-old has made 10 Premier League appearances for Newcastle this season, scoring one goal. He’s been an excellent acquisition so far.

In other news, Dan Burn impressed for Newcastle United v Wolverhampton Wanderers