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Eddie Howe singles out 'gold dust' Newcastle man after playing into Nottingham Forest's hands
Eddie Howe praised Newcastle United goalscorer Joelinton after the Brazilian scored the pick of his team’s goals in Sunday’s 3-1 win against Nottingham Forest.
The Reds actually went 1-0 up with Murillo headed home the first goal of his Forest career. However, Newcastle were lively throughout and equalised through Alexander Isak before Harvey Barnes made the game safe.
In between Joelinton curled a delicious left-footed strike in off the base of Matz Sels’ post to give the Toon a lead they would never lose. It was one Howe felt was harder to achieve than it should have been.
"Hopefully they are a significant three points for us,” he told Sky Sports. “We desperately didn't want to fall flat today. It is a tough ground and team to play and to come from behind as well, it's a really good day for us.
"I felt we were slightly inconsistent - I wasn't that happy with our first-half performance. It was a bit slow and not direct enough. The passing was a bit sidewards. Credit to the players for the second half because that is everything we want to be. I thought we deserved to win.
"I wanted to see more energy and more sprinting and more direct duels. We were turning down opportunities to attack and that isn't like us and it suited Nottingham Forest.
"Joelinton is like gold dust because wherever you put him you know he's going to do a good job. His attitude never changes in training. He's playing in different positions so he has to do the training. I'm really pleased again with his performance.
"The Premier League is really, really tight this season and you need consistent victories and it can really elevate you. Everyone is searching for a formula that guarantees them victories. We've looked much more like ourselves in the past few games. I still feel there is more to come and we can improve, and we've got room to improve."
