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Newcastle fans react to Federico Fernandez’s match-winning display vs Southampton

Sam Preston
Sam Preston

Newcastle came from behind to win a relegation six-pointer against fellow strugglers Southampton at St James’ Park yesterday.

Danny Ings opened the scoring for the visitors, before Jonjo Shelvey continued his hot scoring streak – netting his third goal in three games – and Federico Fernandez clinched the win with minutes remaining.

Newcastle do not have a striker who can churn out goals like Ings but their defenders have been stepping up to the plate this season with crucial contributions.

And this time it was the turn of the £43,000-a-week () former Swansea man to get the job done to leave Newcastle in tenth on 22 points.

Southampton remain in the bottom three on 18 points, but a victory would have put them within one point of Newcastle – which shows how important the win was.

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Many Newcastle fans showed their appreciation for the central defender on Twitter after the game, when he posted a message to the supporters on the .

Rafa Benitez left behind a relatively organised defensive structure, with quality central defenders in the squad, but Steve Bruce could not have expected that many of those men would score vital goals for him as well.

Now it’s a case of Newcastle trying to stay in and around mid-table and avoiding dropping into the dogfight around the lower reaches of the division during a hectic festive period.

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