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Head coach Eddie Howe saluted teenager Lewis Miley after he set Newcastle on the way to a 3-0 victory over 10-man Fulham by becoming the club\u2019s youngest Premier League goalscorer.<\/p>\n
The 17-year-old midfielder, who had been introduced as a first-half replacement for the injured Joelinton, ended the visitors\u2019 stubborn resistance with a 57th-minute opener at the age of 17 years and 229 days and paved the way for Miguel Almiron and Dan Burn to wrap up the win.<\/p>\n
Howe said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted for him. Today was his moment, put in by Bruno\u2019s [Guimaraes] brilliant run and did he have the composure in front of the Gallowgate to score a massive goal in our season? He did and I\u2019m delighted for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe tried to manage his minutes today and give him a little rest but it didn\u2019t turn out that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miley\u2019s maiden goal could hardly have been better timed with Newcastle labouring in their attempts to break down a Fulham outfit who had circled the wagons in the wake of Raul Jimenez\u2019s 22nd-minute dismissal for a wild challenge on Sean Longstaff.<\/p>\n
Almiron doubled the dose within seven minutes before Burn added a third as time ran down to clinch a seventh successive league win at St James\u2019 Park and salve some of the disappointment of Wednesday night\u2019s Champions League exit.<\/p>\n
Howe, who also saw defender Fabian Schar limp off before half-time, said: \u201cIt was always going to be, even with 11 v 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was never going to be free-flowing, buccaneering, entertaining football because of so many different reasons, the injuries we\u2019ve got, what happened in midweek, the emotion we expended there.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe big challenge for us was were we able to recover mentally and lift ourselves to win a really tricky game and I can\u2019t credit the players enough for how they\u2019ve handled today.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdded to that fact, we lost two massive players as well during the first half so even more reason really to celebrate the players that were on the pitch today and how well they did.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Magpies will now start preparations for Tuesday night\u2019s Carabao Cup quarter-final trip to Chelsea with doubts over Schar and Joelinton, who are nursing muscle injuries.<\/p>\n
Fulham boss Marco Silva left Tyneside unimpressed with referee Sam Barrott, who issued a red card to Jimenez following a VAR review minutes after he had himself been caught by Jamaal Lascelles\u2019 arm.<\/p>\n
Silva said: \u201cIt is a clear foul on Raul but in the opinion of the referee it was not a foul. After the elbow, Raul has to be much more calm, do not go to challenge in that way.<\/p>\n
Everything was strange in terms of the decisions<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ball was not there to challenge \u2013 although the way he jumped in at the player, it was not a serious challenge for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo minutes before, the same VAR didn\u2019t even check the elbow. Everything was strange in terms of the decisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cNewcastle are a very good side but before the match I really thought this was a good moment to come and match them and fight them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the same time, you have to come with a referee with the right experience and ability to be able to handle the pressure. In my opinion, this afternoon, that was not the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n