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Saturday was an enormous win at St James’ Park and capped off the top of an ideal week for Newcastle United. Not solely was it a large three factors and the kind of victory able to kickstarting our season, it was a reminder that we now have a future-proof full-back duo.
Each single participant performed their half in opposition to Arsenal as we restricted Mikel Arteta’s aspect to only one shot on track, nevertheless it was Lewis Corridor and Tino Livramento who delivered immaculate shows.
Newcastle dedicated to spending a mixed £60m on the pair final summer time, with Livramento arriving in a £32m transfer from Southampton and Corridor an preliminary mortgage that included an obligation to purchase for £28m on the finish of the 2023/24 season.
On the time, some questioned why we have been investing so closely sooner or later once we nonetheless had Kieran Trippier, different precedence positions to handle and an ongoing battle with FFP that restricted our spending energy, however anybody who watched Saturday’s recreation might see that we’ve signed two future England regulars with limitless potential.
Corridor – a participant typically omitted of Howe’s XI final season for his defensive frailties – didn’t give Bukayo Saka an inch. Among the finest right-wingers within the Premier League and Arsenal’s talisman, but there wasn’t one event he went previous the 20-year-old.
Not solely was his one-on-one defending very good, he was robust within the air, razor-sharp to learn hazard, powerful in duels and slick on the ball to weave his method out of bother or arrange assaults down our left.
Then to Tino, who did an analogous job on Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus. He had each Brazilians to deal with at totally different phases of the match, however his tempo, energy and willpower to cease the cross noticed him snuff them out at each alternative. His driving runs ahead and composure in tight conditions additionally took some strain off the defence, along with his fast toes and first time passing catching the attention.
Collectively, Corridor and Livramento weren’t efficiently dribbled previous by an Arsenal participant over the 95 minutes and conceded only one foul between them. It was a masterclass in full-back play and reminder that final summer time’s funding is wanting an absolute snip.
With this prone to be Trippier’s final season on Tyneside – supreme timing now Tino appears to be like to be the right successor – and Corridor nailing down that left-back spot after a troublesome first 12 months at St James’ Park, we glance to be in protected fingers at full-back.
