A lot can change in 322 days. Newcastle United's 5-1 win against Brentford at St James' Park proved as much - nearly a year after a very different six-goal scoreline in the corresponding fixture last season.
That 3-3 draw feels like a lifetime ago now. It was a time before Bruno Guimaraes, Kieran Trippier et al. A time where winless Newcastle could not hold onto leads and close out games as the Magpies fought relegation. A time where Matt Ritchie and Jacob Murphy were still being deployed as converted wing-backs. Yet there was still one constant: Newcastle opened the scoring once again from a corner kick on Saturday - just as the hosts did last November.
Alarm bells should have been ringing for Brentford when Miguel Almiron, rather than Kieran Trippier, stepped up to take the set-piece in the 21st minute. Brentford, though, appeared content to leave Trippier unmarked - Bryan Mbeumo did not rush out to close the right-back down until it was too late - and the England international had the time he needed to whip a cross into the box following Almiron's short corner.
