Belief is high – Joelinton

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·1 January 2025

Belief is high – Joelinton

Joelinton has been reflecting on Newcastle United winning at Old Trafford.

The dominant victory over Manchester United makes it five wins in a row for NUFC.

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For Joelinton as well, great to see him adding goals to his overall excellent displays.

The Brazil international made it two goals in the space of 20 minutes of action. Having scored in added time to make it 3-0 against Aston Villa on Thursday, this time it took 19 minutes for Joelinton to add that vital second goal at Old Trafford, after the superb Alexander Isak had opening the scoring inside 20 minutes.

Joelinton speaking to Sky Sports after Newcastle United prove a class above Man U at Old Trafford:

“There is still a long way to go but the team is improving.

“A good performance away from home today, three points, two goals, clean sheet.

“Great mentality from the boys from start to finish to defend our goal and score two to win the game.

“We knew we were not playing in the way we wanted to play before, the intensity, the quality, scoring goals, but we just kept working hard every day on the training pitch with positivity.

“Then when you start to win and score goals, the confidence comes back

“Belief is high.

“We started really well and scored the two goals, we could have scored more but didn’t and then we lost a bit of control.

“At the end, the most important is the three points and job done.

“Alexander Isak is amazing. It is so good to have him and to play alongside him because he is one of the best strikers in the world right now and I hope he continues scoring goals and playing amazing because it is good for us.

“I knew it was a goal, I headed the ball. Thank you God it was given. Very happy to score one more goal and help the team to win.

“Time will tell how good we are but we are enjoying football right now.

“We have to be humble and keep our feet on the ground because there is a long way to go.”

Manchester United 0 Newcastle United 2 – Monday 30 December 8pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Isak 4, Joelinton 19

(In brackets the half-time stats)

Possession was Newcastle 47% (51%) Man U 53% (49%)

Total shots were Newcastle 12 (11) Man U 10 (3)

Shots on target were Newcastle 4 (4) Man U 1 (0)