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STAR MAN:
SALOMON RONDON
provided the clinical edge Newcastle have desperately lacked. Newcastle united 2 bournemouth 1
Rafael Benitez admitted it would be “almost impossible” for Salomon Rondon to fill Alan Shearer’s boots after seeing him turn in a fine centre-forward display against AFC Bournemouth.
The Venezuela international scored two first-half goals, the second of them a Shearer-like bullet header, to secure victory at St James’ Park, the Magpies second win in eight days after a barren start to the campaign.
Newcastle had gone 10 league games without a win at the start of