Yasir Al-Rumayyan sees Bruno moment, Miguel Almiron fights and deal Newcastle must do - 5 things

Newcastle United have moved within a just a point of the top 10 after a hard-fought 1-0 win against Crystal Palace at St James' Park on Wednesday night.

Miguel Almiron stepped up with the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute after finishing brilliantly from Bruno Guimaraes' lofted ball over the top as Newcastle reached the 40-point mark with five games to spare.

Here are five things we learned from the game.

Miguel Almiron lights up St James' Park

Miguel Almiron has fond memories of this fixture. The Paraguay international finally scored his first ever goal for Newcastle against Palace way back in December, 2019. Perhaps nothing will ever top that strike, but Almiron's latest goal against the Eagles will certainly run it close.

As good as Bruno Guimaraes' ball over the top was, in the 32nd minute, Almiron still had an awful lot to do as he shook off Tyrick Mitchell and took a composed touch before expertly picking out the top left-hand corner with a stunning finish. It was Almiron's first goal for Newcastle in more than a year and you could see how much it meant to the forward as he whipped off his shirt and jumped into the crowd to celebrate with supporters.

Almiron's future may have looked in jeopardy not so long ago, but the 28-year-old has taken his chance since Ryan Fraser limped off against Wolves and is, literally, fighting for his future - even squaring up to Wilfried Zaha at one point. More than anything, though, Almiron is playing with newfound belief and supporters recognised that as they gave the forward a standing ovation when he was replaced by Joe Willock late on.

Encouragingly, for Eddie Howe, this was the most threatening Almiron and Newcastle had looked from open play for a while after the