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Ciaran Kelly

Bruno Guimaraes gets what he dreamed of at Newcastle and Ayoze Perez was open to shock return

Bruno Guimaraes will have dreamed of days like this at St James' Park, but scoring both goals in Newcastle United's 2-1 win against Leicester City? Even Bruno looked like he needed to pinch himself at full-time as the exhausted Brazil international collapsed facedown before looking to the heavens, blessing himself and getting to his feet to celebrate with his overjoyed team-mates.

Bruno made a bold decision to swap life in the Europa League with Lyon for an immediate relegation battle last January, but there can be no doubt that the midfielder has joined a club on the up. This was Newcastle's fifth straight win at St James' Park and rather than being the hunted - the Magpies are now 12 points clear of the relegation zone - Howe's side are chasing down those sides above them in the table. Remarkably, Newcastle are now just three points off Leicester in ninth.

There will be even bigger games to come, but Bruno will never forget Sunday afternoon. Not only did Bruno pop up with an equaliser, the 24-year-old scored Newcastle's latest ever Premier League winning goal on record in the 95th minute.

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