As the Newcastle players and staff stood in unison with the away end after a perfect week that saw three wins, 11 goals and a place booked in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, the travelling fans began to sing Alexander Isak’s name before going on to one of their away day classics that goes by the ring of ‘I wanna stay here’.
What Saturday’s display did was highlight exactly why Newcastle need Isak to stay. It was his first hat-trick for the club and the Swedish forward now has 41 Premier League goals in 67 appearances, since joining for a club record £60m from Real Sociedad in 2022.