BRUCE IS THINKING MIG TO BOOK SURVIVAL

STEVE BRUCE is praying in-form Miguel Almiron is on one of his hot streaks ahead of tonight’s trip to Chelsea.

With top scorer Callum Wilson facing two months out, the Toon chief is desperate for someone to provide the Geordies with the firepower they need to stay up. Despite two wins in three games, Newcastle have slipped to 17th and defeat at Stamford

Bridge would pile the pressure back on Bruce

(right, with

Almiron), who has revealed he has been the subject of death threats on social media. Andy Carroll, Dwight Gayle, Joelinton and Ryan Fraser are all in the frame to replace Wilson but it is his Paraguayan flyer who looks the best bet in front of goal.

After going 11 months without finding the net, Almiron broke his duck, going on to score in three of the next six games and his latest scoring burst includes a double in the 3-2 win against Southampton,

“Miggy’s been playing very, very well,” said Bruce. “The change in system has certainly benefitted him.”

PEP GUARDIOLA worked with two of the best goalkeepers of the modern era in his glittering spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Victor Valdes and Manuel Neuer were key figures in Guardiola’s success at both clubs, helping him to a hat-trick of league titles and, in the case of the former, two Champions League triumphs.

At Manchester City, Ederson is the latest keeper integral to

Guardiola’s success, his current form marking him out as the best in the Premier League, even if he does often fly under the radar.

There was no chance of that on Saturday after Ederson’s outrageous assist for City’s third goal, a pinpoint 70-yard delivery expertly taken down and finished by Ilkay Gundogan for his second of the game.

Ederson’s distribution and passing are so good that Guardiola has often said he could easily play outfield, while not dismissing him as the answer to City’s reliability issues from the penalty spot.

Although Ederson did not