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Chris Sutton hails ‘consistent’ £72k-a-week Newcastle player in rout of Burnley
Newcastle United cruised to a 4-1 win over Burnley in Saturday’s Premier League meeting at Turf Moor.
The Magpies didn’t exa🅺ctly begin brightly, but they took the lead against the run of play in the 19th minute of the match.
Callum Wilson poked home on the rebound after Alexander Iꦇsak had drawn a save ಌfrom Clarets keeper Arijanet Muric.
Newcastle never looke⛦d back after taking the lead, going on to double their advantage in the 35th mi🍃nute.
Jacob Murphy set up Sean Longstaff to stroke the ball into the far corner, leav🍃ing Muric with no chance.
The third for Newcastle came five minutes before half-time a♕s Anthony Gordon squared for the unmarked Bruno Guimaraes to fire in at the near post.

Eddie Howe’s charges then pulled further a🦄head as Murphy crossed into 🐼the box for Isak to take a touch and fire into the unmanned net.
Although Burnley pulled a goal baꦦck through Dara O’Shea’s 🔜header on 86 minutes, it was too little too late for the Lancastrians.
Although the Magpies were busy in front of🌟 goal and made it count on the scoresheet, Chris Sutton loved what he saw from a player who didn’t score.
Sutton, speaking on , singled Newcastle d❀efender Dan Burn out for praise, hailing his consistency.
What has Chris Sutton said about Newcastle defender Dan Burn?
“Dan Burn has been pretty solid for Newcastle once again⛎,” Sutton said of the ace. “He has been a really co𒆙nsistent performer for them.”
Burn was solid on 🍃the day, clocking up some good stats for the Tyneside outfit, as per .
The 31-year-old weighed in with three tackles, three clear🎉ances and one interception. He also won three ground duels and three aerial duels.
Burn re🐈ceived an 8 out of 10 rating by the , who wrote: ꦜ“Made some important challenges and interceptions when Burnley were pushing early on. Kept his composure throughout.”
Newcastle are 🎶now sixth in the Premier League table and will fancy their chances of leapfrogging an out-of-form Tottenhamꦉ outfit in the coming weeks.