Why Alexander Isak was forced off for Newcastle at half-time against Wolves

Alexander Isak was forced disconnected astatine half-time successful Newcastle United’s Premier League clash against Wolves aft a clearance near him with a bloodied nose.

The Sweden planetary was named successful the starting XI for Sunday evening’s clash astatine Molineux but was 1 of 3 players replaced astatine the break.

Isak, Joelinton and Sean Longstaff each made mode with Harvey Barnes, Sandro Tonali and Joe Willock entering the fray.

Newcastle were trailing astatine half-time acknowledgment to a wonderfully worked opener from Wolves with Joao Gomes brilliantly dummying earlier Mario Lemina tucked it distant from adjacent range.

The determination to hook Isak near fans confused but Eddie Howe’s determination appeared to beryllium an enforced one.

At the extremity of the first-half, a clearance from Wolves defender Craig Dawson caught the Newcastle striker flush successful the face, bloodying his chemoreceptor successful the process.

Isak was treated during the interruption but Sky Sports reported during their unrecorded sum of the crippled Newcastle’s aesculapian unit were incapable to halt the bleeding, promoting Howe’s change.

‘That is simply a stroke for Newcastle to suffer Isak, you bash not instrumentality him disconnected unless he’s injured,’ Jamie Redknapp, connected punditry duty, noted arsenic the alteration was made.

Isak scored 25 goals for the Magpies past play but has conscionable 1 to his sanction truthful acold this term, coming successful the 2-1 triumph implicit Tottenham anterior to the planetary break.

Newcastle are backmost successful enactment distant to Fulham adjacent Saturday.  

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