When sluggish Newcastle United needed a moment of magic, Miguel Almiron duly stepped up to fire his side to a 1-0 victory against Everton. Almiron has scored some special goals for Newcastle, but the Paraguay international's superb strike at St James' Park on Wednesday night was right up there as Eddie Howe's side maintained their push for a place in Europe - despite not being at their very best.
It was one of those goals that is hard to do justice. The chance did not necessarily even look to be on when Bruno Guimaraes slipped the ball to Almiron on the edge of the area in the 31st minute. However, Almiron is a player full of confidence right now and, without even looking up, the forward lifted the ball into the net with a stunning first-time finish to leave even some Newcastle supporters speechless. Almiron does not tend to do tap-ins and this was yet another goal of the month contender to add to an ever-growing list.
With Allan Saint-Maximin and Alexander Isak sidelined, Newcastle have needed others to step up and Almiron has certainly done that as the club's leading scorer this season with five goals. To put that haul into perspective, Almiron has scored five times as many goals as he did in the whole of last season.
