A brace from Alexander Isak and a goal from Sandro Tonali secured a 3-1 win for Newcastle United against Southampton.
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00:00So here we are in the media room at Southampton and we're going to reflect on Newcastle United's 3-1 win here at Southampton this afternoon.
00:09A comfortable victory overall, albeit it may not have been that at the end but we'll come on to that.
00:17I thought it was a good start by Newcastle in the game but they fell behind through Jan Bednarek's header on the 10th minute.
00:25But Newcastle managed to swiftly equalise around 16 minutes later when Alexander Isaac is fouled by Joe Uribe in the area.
00:34Referee Sam Barrett initially waved away Newcastle's penalty appeals but they intervened.
00:40Barrett was then sent over to the pitchside to monitor, review the decision and point on the spot.
00:45Isaac, cool as you like to score to make it 1-1 and then not long after Isaac makes it 2-1.
00:52Great run by Jacob Murphy and what a touch by Alexander Isaac to break through the defender.
00:57So exquisite, beautiful, beautiful touch and a beautiful finish as well.
01:01They put it in the bottom right-hand corner in off the post.
01:04Newcastle really put the game to bed immediately after the second-half 52-minute.
01:11Sandro Tonatiuh again, a lovely work goal, a flick by Anthony Gordon.
01:16Sandro Tonatiuh goes through 1-1 with Alex McCarthy and puts it in the bottom left-hand corner.
01:22Newcastle are comfortable up but what I would say is that Newcastle did become sloppy, become complacent.
01:28Probably in the final 20 minutes, Southampton thought they'd made it 3-2 in the closing stages
01:37when Mathias Fernandes raced through on goal, beat Martin Dabravka but the ball passed Martin Dabravka.
01:43It looked set up to make a nervy finish but they all came to Newcastle's rescue
01:48and the game shouldn't have really ended in a nervy finish.
01:51It felt like it was comfortable for Newcastle and if it had been a nervy finish
01:56then they would have been their own worst enemies in that regard
01:59but they avoided that and seen out a crucial three points.
02:03Newcastle returned to winning ways after that defeat at Bournemouth last week.
02:10They had 10 wins and 11 in all competitions so it was really important that they came here today and got a result.
02:17It was a potential banana skin I thought.
02:20Southampton rocked bottom of the league one win all season, hadn't won in the last 12 Premier League games.
02:25The goal they scored here today was only their 8th goal of the season.
02:29It felt like Newcastle saw a past history with playing against struggling teams.
02:34Sheffield United a couple of seasons ago caused Derby Canada from a season where they finished with 9 points
02:38and they took 4 points off Newcastle.
02:40Those statistics didn't support us as much as those title results
02:43but Newcastle avoided that today and got a deserved 3 points.
02:47Manchester City and Chelsea were all in the press room.
02:51Manchester City went into a 1-0 win and Newcastle dropped out of the top 4.
02:55They moved back in that momentarily after a full time but they're still in the European picture.
03:01They just need to keep on winning games.
03:04It was really important that they came here today and got back to winning ways as quickly as possible.
03:09You can put Bournemouth defeat down to what was a blip.
03:13Everyone had an incredible run of the time, 9 wins in a row.
03:16You can forgive them having a blip.
03:18They came here today and got 3 points and that is the most important thing.
03:23Reflecting on a couple of stand-out performances, Isaac of course.
03:2719 goals this season now.
03:29What a player.
03:31That second goal he scored today was lovely.
03:35Just a fantastic goal.
03:37I thought Sandro Tonnoli in the middle of the midfield was excellent.
03:41Again, a great goal by him.
03:43He was probably the best of three midfielders.
03:46There were some good performances out there.
03:49Newcastle have got class players, better players than Southampton.
03:52That will be a tool to do.