The start of Nick Woltemade at his new club Newcastle United is increasingly taking on fairytale trains. In his fourth assignment in the Premier League, the German international scored the 2-0 home win against Nottingham Forest with the Magpies. Incidentally, Woltemade came up with an English football legend.
Due to his penalty goal in the final phase in the game against Nottingham Forest Knipste Nick Woltemade for the third time in a row in his third home game for Newcastle United. There had been no such accurate start in the jersey of the magpies in front of a home backdrop for almost 30 years.
In the 1996/1997 season it was a certain Alan Shearer who also scored in his first three home games for Newcastle United. In the following ten years, Shearer ballerted himself an absolute club legend in his hometown, scored outstanding outstanding players for the Magpies 148 times in 303 league games.
With a total of 260 goals – Shearers also played for the Blackburn Rovers – he is still the record goal scorer in the Premier League.
Woltemade signed in Newcastle until 2031
29 years later, Nick Woltemade is now swinging into the new top scorer in Newcastle, as the 23-year-old was able to get a button in addition to his three league goals in the Champions League.
In order to set up a new club record for Newcastle United, the native of Bremen has to continue balling for a long time! In his debut season, Alan Shearer even scored at least one goal for the Nordengländer in all 15 games in St. James’ Park.
Nick Woltemade switched from VfB Stuttgart to the island last August for the base revenue of 75 million euros and had signed a long -term contract by 2031 at Newcastle United.
By the way, Newcastle jumped through the home win against Nottingham into the middle of the table. Bruno Guimaraes (58th) initially put the Magpies in the lead, Woltemade (84.), then perfectly hit the angle from the point. When he replaced in added time, he received great applause from domestic fans.
Even better than Woltemade meets Erling Haaland. In the tedious 1-0 (1-0) by Manchester City at FC Brentford with the German attacker Kevin Schade, the Norwegian scored the winner (9th), it was already his ninth goal in the seventh league game. Pep Guardiola’s team improved to fifth place in the table.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace missed the leap to second place in the table. The team of Oliver Glasner lost 1: 2 (1-0) in a gripping duel at FC Everton and received the first defeat of the season. The Senegalese Iliman Ndiaye (76.) and Jack Geralish (90.+3) turned the game after the guest leadership by the Colombian right -back Daniel Muñoz (38th).