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Benitez praises 'fight' of Newcastle match-winner Rondon

Rafael Benitez praised the "fight" of Salomon Rondon after his two goals downed Bournemouth at St James' Park and predicted there is more to come from the Newcastle United striker.

Rondon netted with an early strike that was followed up by a thumping header, his first Premier League goals for the club sealing a 2-1 win, Jefferson Lerma scoring the visitors' goal.

After no victories in their first 10 top-flight matches of the season, Newcastle have now won two league games on the bounce for the first time since April and risen to 14th in the table.