Alexander Isak on the spot to help Newcastle share the spoils at Brighton

Three times the referee Craig Pawson awarded penalties to Newcastle in the second half. Twice they were overturned by VAR but the third one stood, and Alexander Isak converted to earn Newcastle a vital point in the race for Champions League football. They had not played well, but they never do against Brighton, and in that context a draw earned with an 89th-minute equaliser was extremely welcome.Arsenal’s defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday had opened up another possibility; if Newcastle won their final four games of the season, including the meeting with Arsenal at the Emirates on two weeks, they would finish second for the first time since 1996-97. Perhaps that added a layer of pressure: for a long time this didn’t look like a side that had won seven of its previous eight games in all competitions, never mind the second-best side in the country. But then that’s very much the nature of the Premier League this season: Brighton didn’t look much like a side that had only won one of their previous seven. The truth is that there really isn’t a huge amount separating the teams from second down to mid-table, meaning small fluctuations of form can have a profound impact, positive or negative, on results. Continue reading...

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