Jamaal Lascelles is the sort of centre-half who likes to lead by example. Newcastle United’s captain most definitely subscribes to the view that when the going gets tough, the tough get going and, deep in stoppage time, he re-emphasised his importance to Steve Bruce’s side.
Minutes earlier Ciaran Clark had scored a freakish own goal which threatened to be calamitous in Newcastle’s struggle to avoid relegation but, by meeting Jacob Murphy’s left wing cross and powering a bullet header beyond Emiliano Martínez, Lascelles salvaged a potentially vital point.
