Joelinton seals victory for 10-man Newcastle against Southampton
As the advertisements on the electronic pitchside hoardings made one of their frequent switches to Arabic, Southampton briefly looked as flummoxed as a European tourist lost in the back streets of Jeddah.
On the pitch, Newcastle were pressing Russell Martin’s team so hard it seemed they were playing football in an entirely different, almost unfathomable, language. The Southampton manager’s body language became increasingly agitated but then, almost imperceptibly, Will Smallbone started conjuring a bit of time on the ball in midfield and everything began to start making perfect sense.
