Eddie Howe desperate to keep ‘world-class’ Alexander Isak at Newcastle
Those Newcastle fans who had made the long journey from the north-east to Suffolk were immediately rewarded as Isaac took just 26 seconds to convert a loose header after Jacob Murphy’s cross from the right was not cleared. scored his first goal.
Murphy scored the second goal, Isaac scored his second before half-time and Newcastle added their third. Ipswich goalkeeper Alijanet Muric tried to pass the ball to Jens Cajuste, who gave the ball away to Bruno Guimaraes and Isak finished simply goal scoring mission.
He didn’t have to wait long to complete his hat-trick, finishing with a predatory finish at the near post after another assist from Murphy.
“Alex is a world-class talent,” Howe added. “The way he achieves his goals, he has a calmness and composure that very few people have. When you add in his technical skills, I think he’s got it all.”
“He has a unique skill set and our challenge is to get him involved in as many games as possible. We didn’t do that earlier in the season but the team is doing much better now.”
“He’s a player with real confidence and we’ve seen him get back to his real best – his goals underlined that.”
