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Newcastle leapfrog Liverpool into fifth as Almirón strikes late to beat Wolves

Julen Lopetegui did not manage Spain and Real Madrid by accident but the Wolves head coach tried to be too clever for his own good on Tyneside. A visiting tactical switch to a back five presumably designed to conserve a point ended up weakening Lopetegui’s team to the point where Newcastle were able to secure a first Premier League in almost two months.

Alexander Isak, making a rare start, and Miguel Almirón scored the goals which secured Eddie Howe’s side only a second league victory in the last nine attempts, lifting them above Liverpool into fifth place, while leaving Wolves still in peril of relegation.

The role played by sheer luck in determining both European qualification and the avoidance - or otherwise - of relegation is often underestimated. After seeing fortune frown on his side in a pivotal first-half incident, an incandescent Lopetegui was certainly entitled to feel a little hard done by.

When Nick Pope was played into trouble by Sven Botman’s back pass the England goalkeeper took an appalling touch before watching in horror as Raúl Jiménez intercepted. A backpedaling Pope responded by sticking by out a leg which Jiménez promptly fell over. Yet although the Wolves manager demanded a penalty and many neutrals agreed, Andrew Madley, the referee,and his VAR reviewing assistants, saw things through a very different prism and play continued.

Eddie Howe had refreshed his entire front three, replacing Almiron, Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon with Jacob Murphy, Isak and Allan Saint-Maximin and, shortly after the Pope incident, the impressive Isak repaid his faith.

The goal began with an excellent, hallmark, free-kick from Kieran Trippier and featured the Sweden striker struggling off Jonny, his supposed marker,

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