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Callum Wilson paid another installment of his £ 20 million transfer fee with a double to deliver a Premier League win for Newcastle over Burnley in rain-soaked St James Park.
The former Bournemouth striker, whose injury-time penalty ensured an unlikely draw at Tottenham on Sunday, scored with 65 minutes remaining and then converted a penalty shot in the 78th minute to advance to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals. in the top six after four games.
Allan Saint-Maximin had given the magpies a 14-minute lead and it was he, after the clarets rallied through Ashley Westwood’s sweet volley, who provided the ammunition for Wilson to claim his third goal in four games of league before the England international added his fourth to seal a 3-1 victory.
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Steve Bruce’s men were good value for money for the points on a night where they started and finished well at the end of a week that had seen them receive harsh criticism, but Burnley is still useless after a difficult start to the campaign. .
Wilson attacked a fourth-minute punt attempt by goalkeeper Nick Pope in an early sign of intent, but the hosts were almost caught at halftime when Ashley Barnes, making her first league appearance in nine months, fed Dwight McNeil and forced a seventh. minute saved from Karl Darlow.
The Magpies took the lead with 14 minutes elapsed seconds after Wilson had rounded Pope off Jonjo Shelvey’s good long pass, but had failed to enter an attempt from a tight angle.
Wilson sent Darlow’s punt to Saint-Maximin, who twisted and turned on the edge of the box before drilling a right-hand shot into the bottom corner.
With Saint-Maximin, Wilson and Joelinton combining well, Newcastle continued to be a threat, although the physical presence of Barnes and Chris Wood at the other end meant there was no room for complacency.
Wilson looked at a deflected header from Shelvey’s center at the half-hour mark when he could have done better and while Barnes saw a shot in the 35th minute correctly ruled out for offside, the home team finished the half on top in middle of some less than confident defending from the Clarets.
Darlow did well to stop Wood’s header in the 52nd minute before Emil Krafth had to strip the same man before he could fire two minutes later with Burnley enjoying his best spell of the game.
It was Westwood who finally regained parity after 61 minutes when, after Josh Brownhill recycled his corner, he encountered a Phil Bardsley cross with a stinging volley that outwitted Darlow.
However, Newcastle were back in front in four minutes as Saint-Maximin left side Charlie Taylor on the right and crossed for Wilson to stab him home from close range.
He helped himself to a second from the penalty spot with 12 minutes to go after substitute Ryan Fraser was brought down by Pope while trying to atone for a terrible touch on a back pass.
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