Arsenal 0-2 Newcastle: Alexander Isak breaks Alan Shearer record with landmark goal in EFL Cup semi-final win

Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak has bettered an awesome scoring feat of Alan Shearer aft netting a landmark extremity successful the Magpies' 2-0 first-leg win implicit Arsenal successful the EFL Cup semi-finals connected Tuesday night.

Isak entered the contention astatine the Emirates Stadium successful red-hot signifier aft scoring 13 goals successful his erstwhile 14 quality crossed each competitions, including six strikes successful his past 4 matches successful the Premier League.

Three days connected from scoring successful Newcastle's 2-1 victory astatine Tottenham Hotspur, Isak was connected the scoresheet erstwhile again successful North London, this clip against Arsenal arsenic helium enactment the Magpies successful beforehand successful the 37th infinitesimal with a astute decorativeness lifted into the extortion of the net.

Gunners supporters volition reason that the extremity should person been ruled retired for a propulsion by Isak connected Martin Odegaard successful the build-up, but Newcastle's extremity was allowed to basal and they entered the interruption successful front.

Eddie Howe's broadside needed conscionable six minutes aft the interior to treble their advantage, courtesy of a close-range decorativeness from Anthony Gordon, and contempt Arsenal's champion efforts to propulsion a extremity back, the resilient Magpies held connected for a two-goal win, boosting their hopes of ending their 70-year trophy drought.

Isak surpasses Shearer with landmark Newcastle goal

Isak's opener astatine the Emirates represents his 50th extremity for Newcastle successful his 89th quality crossed each competitions, making him the third-fastest subordinate successful the club's past to scope that milestone aft Andrew Cole (50 games) and Les Ferdinand (84 games).

Newcastle's No.14 has reached fractional a period of goals successful less appearances than Magpies fable Shearer, who took 94 matches to scope the aforesaid landmark.

Since his debut for Newcastle successful August 2022, lone Manchester City's Erling Haaland (105) and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (73) person scored much goals successful each competitions among Premier League players than Isak.

The Swede has present scored 15 goals successful 22 appearances truthful acold this season, netting 13 times successful 18 Premier League matches and present 2 goals successful 4 EFL Cup fixtures.

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Howe pleased with "electric" Isak performance

Speaking astir Isak to ITV aft the match, Newcastle brag Howe said: "First fractional helium was electric, I thought helium played truly well. He scored but I conscionable thought his wide crippled was successful a truly bully place.

"He was feeling his hamstring a spot astatine fractional time, truthful we had to negociate him successful the 2nd fractional and that was a large stroke to our performance.

"I deliberation we rode our luck astatine times and I deliberation Martin [Dubravka] played truly good and made immoderate truly bully saves. I thought the acceptable plays successful the main we got the tiny details right.

"Our mentality to support our extremity with the blocked shots, the heroic pieces of defending that we saw successful the past 20 to 30 minutes, it's large for america for the future."

Speaking astir the effect against Arsenal, Isak added: "It's massive. it's a large result. It's lone the archetypal half. If we don't spell done past this has nary meaning. It's a monolithic win."

On his form, the striker added: "I don't deliberation it's excessively overmuch of an idiosyncratic thing, it's much a squad thing. We've been precise accordant to make chances."

Newcastle volition person to hold until February 5 to look Arsenal astatine St James' Park successful the 2nd limb of their EFL Cup semi-final, and volition present crook their attraction to Sunday's FA Cup third-round necktie against fourth-tier broadside Bromley.

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