Published: 18:18, 25 October 2025 | Updated: 18:18, 25 October 2025

Newcastle have nodded off too often this season just as the plot thickens. This time, Bruno Guimaraes came alive and scripted a winning finale. 

Late goals against Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton have cost them their three defeats in the Premier League. When the fourth official reveals the number of minutes added, it has signalled 40 winks for the Magpies. Not here.

Eddie Howe's second-half changes did just that, changing the game in his side's favour with Fulham looking the more likely victors approaching the hour.

And so, with the hosts pressing for a winner in the 90th minute, substitute William Osula drove at a retreating backline and drew a save from Bernd Leno. Guimaraes, the captain wearing his cape, swooped to turn in the rebound.

This was a big win for Howe and Newcastle, whose league campaign has stuttered and stumbled to date. So does the past week, on the back of a 3-0 win over Benfica, mark a corner turned?

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