Another game; another midfield exhibition from Jonjo Shelvey.
The England international is playing superbly at the moment, and is comfortably the classiest player in the Football League.
His passing range is exceptional, and today’s game featured a succession of searing long-range passes fired out to the flanks to spread the play.
Shelvey set up all three of Newcastle’s goals, delivering the cross for Clark’s header, firing in the long ball that led to Gayle’s first goal, and supplying the slick low cross that enabled Gayle to tap home the Magpies’ third.
The 24-year-old is a real leader within the Newcastle dressing room – he took over the armband after Jamaal Lascelles was replaced in the second half – and his performances are likely to remain crucial to his side’s hopes of winning promotion.