Wood's penalty takes Newcastle nearer survival
Chris Wood scored from the penalty spot as Newcastle took a huge step towards staying in the Premier League with a 1-0 win at home to Wolves on Friday.
The New Zealand striker was on target in the 72nd minute, with his second goal for the Magpies since his £25 million ($32 million) January transfer window move from Burnley helping Newcastle move 10 points clear of the relegation zone with seven games to play
Newcastle kicked off at St James' Park on the back of a 5-1 loss away to Tottenham Hotspur, their third successive league defeat.
But they are now on the brink of being assured of their place in the top flight next season, which will be a huge boost to the Saudi-backed consortium that bought the northeast club in October.
The Magpies were roared on by a crowd of over 52,000, with Wood telling the BBC: "The fans brought the buzz.
"That's the good thing about the crowd. It injected belief and life into us, which is nice and what we need sometimes."
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe added: "I think the supporters are enjoying seeing a team willing to run and fight for every ball.
"I think it was a sense of achievement off the back of three defeats and a disappointing second half against Tottenham."
For Wolves, defeat was a blow to their hopes of European football, with the visitors still two points adrift of sixth-placed West Ham having played two more games than the London club.
Wolves manager Bruno Lage accepted his team had not started well but insisted they had been the "better side" in the second half.
As for the winning goal, Lage said: "I don't know if there is a team with more penalties against than us.
"We create good chances but we do not score. It is a big opportunity missed for us."
Bruno Guimaraes was handed a first start at St James' Park by Howe as the Brazil international and Emil Krafth replaced the injured Joe Willock and Javier Manquillo in the team which started last weekend's loss at Spurs.
Lage also made two changes, with Hwang Hee-chan and Luke Cundle coming in for Leander Dendoncker and Daniel Podence.
Newcastle thought they had broken the deadlock in the 24th minute when Wood shot home after Guimaraes had exchanged passes with substitute Miguel Almiron and crossed, only for his effort to be ruled out for offside following a VAR review.
Although Newcastle had the better of the game, Wolves had chances in an increasingly open second half.
Hwang had a close range effort blocked and Joao Moutinho drilled a cross across the face of goal.
Newcastle, however, finally went ahead 18 minutes from time when Wood ran onto Joelinton's pass only to be upended by Jose Sa as the Wolves goalkeeper rushed off his line.
Referee Peter Bankes pointed to the spot and, following a VAR check, the penalty stood.
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