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match winner bruno guimares After faltering he immediately turned his attention to Newcastle’s Carabao Cup defense Premier League The campaign is a welcome boost.
The 27-year-old Brazil international played captain’s role to perfection on Saturday when he scored in the 90th minute to seal a 2-1 win over Fulham at St James’ Park.
But as fans headed home with smiles on their faces, he was already focused on Wednesday’s League Cup fourth-round clash with Tottenham on Tyneside and trying to retain the trophy that ended the club’s 70-year wait for major domestic silverware last season.
Guimaraes said: “It means a lot. We want to keep making history. We went 70 years without a win, but we can make it two out of two.”
“It’s a big opportunity, a big opportunity, so we don’t want to miss it. It’s going to be a big game for us and we hope we’ll be ready to take advantage in the game.
“It’s a big moment, and even more so because we won last season. We want to do it again, keep making history against a great and very focused team.”
Center That was something the Magpies had to maintain over the weekend when, after missing several opportunities to extend the lead given by Jacob Murphy in the 18th minute, they conceded to Sasa Lukic’s 56th-minute equaliser.
However, they did just that and with seconds of normal time remaining, Guimaraes, who had earlier passed up a superb header opportunity, won it with his third goal of the campaign in his 150th start for the club, pouncing on the rebound after goalkeeper Bernd Leno had saved substitute Will Ossula’s shot.
Guimaraes said: “I have to stay in the box more. To be honest, sometimes I miss easy goals, and today was a good proof that I can influence the team in that way.
“It was my 150th start for the club and I was delighted to score on that occasion. The staff told me to be more in the box, to help out there, and I was in a good position there to score an important goal for us.”
It has been an eventful month for Guimaraes, who started both of his country’s friendlies – in South Korea and Japan – and finds himself with club-mates. joelintonThey were caught in a mid-air drama en route to the Far East, when the plane they were traveling on from Amsterdam to Seoul was forced to turn back due to a cracked window.
however, newcastle The captain has admitted that he had very little knowledge about it.
He said: “I was sleeping. I just woke up and said, ‘It’s going to take two hours to get back to Amsterdam?’. I didn’t understand anything. But when they explained it to me it was shaking a lot during the flight.
“I wasn’t scared. Later, when I found out, I was a little nervous, but during the flight, I was fine.
“Joelinton was awake and when I woke up, he said, ‘We’re going back’. I couldn’t believe it. I said, ‘Are you serious?’