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What an unbelievable two weeks it has been for giant Dan Burn.
Nearly a fortnight in the past, he impressed Thomas Tuchel within the crowd as we beat West Ham 1-0, then a couple of days later he was handed his first call-up to the senior England squad.
Earlier than he’d be a part of the Three Lions he had the small matter of a Carabao Cup closing at Wembley, the place he not solely lifted our first home trophy for 70 years however scored the opener to ship 32,000 Mags doolally!
It couldn’t get any higher, might it? Properly, it did tonight for the large man from Blyth.
We puzzled if it might get any higher and it did on Friday evening, as Dan Burn was handed a begin by Thomas Tuchel within the German’s first recreation as England supervisor.
Beginning in entrance of Jordan Pickord and alongside Aston Villa’s Ezri Konsa, the 6ft 7′ Geordie helped his nation to a clear sheet and 2-0 win over Albania at Wembley, making certain the proper begin to our World Cup qualifying marketing campaign.
It was an outstanding first half specifically from Burn. He had probably the most touches for England (94), performed probably the most passes (86) and had extra photographs (3) too, smashing the bar from one nook after rising highest!
Arsenal’s Miles Lewis-Skelly opened the scoring and Harry Kane made it two within the second half, securing a stable evening’s work at Wembley. Nonetheless, there was one fear late on from a Newcastle perspective.
Anthony Gordon changed Marcus Rashford late on, but it surely was a probably pricey cameo for the winger, who went down twice and wanted remedy after the full-time whistle.
Whereas others celebrated the win on the pitch, Gordon went straight down the tunnel and appeared in ache after taking a heavy knock to his hip.
The reduction for Newcastle is he’s already suspended for our residence conflict with Brentford per week on Wednesday, however he’ll be accessible once more or our journey to Leicester two weeks on Monday – offering he’s OK!
