If there is a civil war raging in the background, it seems to be suiting Newcastle very well. For all the tension between the manager Eddie Howe and the sporting director Paul Mitchell, they have won three and drawn one of their opening four games of the season, leaving them level with Arsenal in second – which, given the hearing Manchester City face, may end up actually meaning first.
It was not a perfect display from Newcastle, far from it. A lot of the limitations of their squad were clear, but Eddie Howe took decisive action with a triple substitution at half-time and had his reward as one of the players he brought on, Harvey Barnes, scored a brilliant winner, cutting in from the left and smashing a 25-yard drive inside the far post.
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