Talk about being haunted by a ghost of Christmas past. As Chris Wood’s accomplished hat-trick reminded Eddie Howe why, not so long ago, he persuaded Newcastle’s owners to invest £25m in his attacking talent, Nuno Espírito Santo inspired confidence he can keep Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.
Nuno’s first win since succeeding Steve Cooper last week confirmed that this is turning into an extremely bleak midwinter for Howe. One by one the wheels have fallen off the Newcastle manager’s injury-hit wagon in recent weeks. His team have now lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and have been beaten in four of their past five league fixtures.
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