"It was very reminiscent of the cup final, wasn't it? A header from distance, a training ground move, so well done to all the coaches involved with that."
""Joelinton needs to score. He's always been a scorer of big goals for us," he added. "We've worked on him arriving late in the box and using"
"Big Dan Burn on the scoresheet again in the Champions League pic.twitter.com/QVCSXSK0BL"
Dan Burn opened the scoring with a thumping header from Kieran Trippier's deep free-kick to put Newcastle ahead at St. James' Park. Joelinton doubled the lead early in the second half by nodding in from Harvey Barnes' dinked cross, securing a 2-0 Champions League win over Athletic Bilbao and marking three wins from four group matches. Burn has two Champions League goals, both headers, and joins Alan Shearer and Faustino Asprilla as Newcastle players with multiple headed goals in the competition. Fifty-five percent of Burn's club goals have been assisted by Trippier (5/9), all headers, while Trippier has nine Champions League assists. Coaches have worked on Joelinton arriving late in the box to boost his scoring output.
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