Eddie Howe fears Newcastle United’s goalkeeper Nick Pope may need shoulder surgery after suffering what appeared a complicated dislocation while diving in the closing stages of his side’s 1-0 home win against Manchester United.
“It will be a massive blow if Nick is ruled out for any length of time,” said Newcastle’s manager, whose already injury-ravaged side rose to fifth place courtesy of Anthony Gordon’s 55th-minute winner against Erik ten Hag’s out-of-sorts team. “It looked innocuous and he’s made those dives thousands of times but those are normally the serious injuries. Nick was in distress. He was in pain. We’ll get a specialist opinion but it doesn’t look good.”
