Alexander Isak & Anthony Gordon injury update ahead of Newcastle United's trip to Leicester City

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00:00So yeah, we are at Newcastle United's media centre where we've just been speaking to Eddie Howe

00:04ahead of Monday's Premier League trip to Leicester City. Only one place to start and that is of

00:09course on the injury front. Newcastle picked up a few knocks from that 2-1 win over Brentford

00:15on Wednesday. Alexander Isaac, Kieran Trivia and Joe Linton. So starting with Alexander Isaac,

00:21the top goal scorer, the first Newcastle United player in Premier League history to score 20

00:28goals in consecutive seasons. Will he be able to continue his fine goal scoring form at Leicester

00:32on Monday? The answer from Eddie Howe is we'll have to wait and see. He's being assessed. He

00:38actually picked up his groin issue in the warm-up. Felt that then, of course, got throughout 70 minutes

00:45before being replaced by Callum Wilson. So Eddie Howe says it's a new issue but of course Alexander

00:53Isaac has had trouble with his groin in the past. So yeah, Newcastle will assess him carefully and

01:03hope to get him ready for Monday. But of course, they've got Callum Wilson and Willa Sula in

01:09backup and maybe if Alexander Isaac was to miss a game then on paper against a relegation-threatened

01:14Leicester City team, that would probably be one of the games you would pick. But of course,

01:20you want Alexander Isaac fit and available. But yeah, the answer on that is we'll have to wait and see.

01:25No definitive update given on Kieran Trippier either. He went off with a cramp feeling.

01:30Pretty much got through the full game against Brentford before being replaced again with the

01:34game being on Monday. We'll have to wait and see on him. The third player being Joe Linton from

01:40that game. He is carrying a knee issue. You could see in the game his knee was heavily strapped.

01:45There was a time in the second half when he went down, needed treatment from the physios,

01:50really looked to be struggling but managed to get through the game and I asked Eddie how about

01:54Joe Linton and I think it's one of them where Joe Linton will want to carry on and battle on

01:59because of the type of player and warrior that he is. So yeah, expect him to be involved even though

02:06he is evidently carrying something. Now, the fourth injury which I didn't mention at the start

02:13and maybe one of the biggest as well is Anthony Gordon now. I think people forget Anthony Gordon

02:18is actually carrying a bit of an injury because he's been banned for the last three games. Of

02:23course, picked up that red card against Brighton, missed the trip to West Ham,

02:27the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool and the final game he's banned was against Brentford

02:31in midweek. So he is now back available, legible for UCAS United but it's unclear if he will be

02:37involved on Monday because that injury picked up for England. So really heavy bruising around his

02:42thigh and groin area. Eddie Howe described it as really, really bad. So he still hasn't trained

02:49yet up where he's getting close to getting back to recovering from that injury but Monday might

02:55come too soon based on what Eddie Howe has said. But of course, Newcastle have a more than capable

03:01player to come in for Anthony Gordon, the player that has been playing for the last three games

03:05now, Harvey Barnes. He's probably, I would say, as much as he's scored fantastic goals in UCAS United,

03:13he's probably in his most consistent spell as a UCAS United player, getting those games in his

03:18preferred position on the left-hand side and I have to say I think he's been really, really good

03:22not just the tackle-wise but the fact that he's worked really, really hard as well defensively

03:27doing it, doing a defensive job that Anthony Gordon would usually carry out. So even if Anthony Gordon

03:31was available for the trip to Leicester, I would still stick with Harvey Barnes because I think

03:38based on merit, Harvey Barnes has certainly earned his place in the starting XI. And of course, Harvey

03:43Barnes will be coming up against his former club so if Newcastle United's players are all fit

03:50and available, no fresh injuries from the game previously, then I'd expect to see the same

03:56starting XI. But as I say, given the game is still three days away, there's no different

04:01of answer on Newcastle United's injury situation yet. It's more hope than actually knowing what

04:07the case is, I'm sure. And we'll learn more over the next couple of days as we head into that Leicester

04:13City game. But yeah, another player I want to touch upon before I end this video, just

04:17talking about Kieran Trippie, I want to focus on the other full-back which is Tino Liveromento. I

04:22think he's been incredible, outstanding at left-back. Of course, moving over after Lewis Hall's

04:28season-ending injury now, losing a player of Lewis Hall's quality, say probably one of Newcastle's

04:34players of the season in terms of his position overall in the Premier League has probably been

04:39the best left-back of the season. Or maybe Kyrgios at Bournemouth and Robinson, of course, at Fulham.

04:46But yeah, losing him should have been a massive blow for Newcastle United and it still is,

04:50but I don't think that's been quite as felt as what we thought it would be because of Tino

04:55Liveromento's form at left-back. I've made a joke this week that Newcastle have got the best

05:01left-back in the Premier League in Lewis Hall and the best makeshift left-back in the Premier League

05:05in Tino Liveromento. So yeah, he's faced some really difficult opponents in the last three

05:10games, of course, coming up against Mo Salah, Jared Bowen and Brian in Bournemouth and Anthony

05:18Gordon. Tino Liveromento just came out on top in all those games. I think he's added real attacking

05:22dynamic down that left-hand side as well, set the tone with his surgeon runs forward. So yeah,

05:30heading into the Leicester City game, Newcastle will need to perform better as a team. I'd say

05:36there's been some good really individual performances, but we'll have to perform better

05:40as a team because look at the Brentford result. The Brentford result was fantastic, but the

05:45performance wasn't, but it doesn't matter. Newcastle found a way to win after two weeks

05:50of celebrations on Tyneside. They showed a professionalism to get through, but now they

05:54head into the business end of the season where with Champions League football on the line,

05:58going to places like Leicester, who by the current league table will be relegated, Newcastle must be

06:05winning those games if they are to finish inside the Champions League qualification spots.

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