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title: "Journalists say Guimaraes was ‘a class above’ despite 1-0 defeat"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2022-03-18T15:00:00Z"
modified: "2022-03-18T15:00:00Z"
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# Journalists say Guimaraes was ‘a class above’ despite 1-0 defeat

Newcastle United suffered consecutive Premier League defeats with a [1-0 loss away to Everton](https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2021-22/everton-v-newcastle-united/), but the performance of Bruno Guimaraes was one positive. The 24-year-old started alongside Joe Willock and Joelinton in midfield and was the pick of the bunch by some distance.

*Jordan Cronin* of [Newcastle World](https://www.newcastleworld.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/not-his-finest-performance-newcastle-united-player-ratings-from-shock-defeat-to-10-man-everton-3616568?page=2) gave Guimaraes a player rating of 7/10 and said he was ‘a class above’ on the night. *Gareth Cox* of [The National News](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2022/03/18/everton-vs-newcastle-player-ratings-gray-4-iwobi-7-guimaraes-7-wood-5/) gave the Brazilian international a player rating of 7/10 and said he ‘sliced open Everton. *Lee Ryder* of [Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-1-0-newcastle-player-23419028) gave Guimaraes a player rating of 8/10 and said he ‘oozed quality’ at Goodison Park. *Tom Gott* of [90min](https://www.90min.com/posts/everton-1-0-newcastle-player-ratings-late-iwobi-strike-seals-scrappy-win) gave him a player rating of 7/10 and said he had some ‘classy moments’.

[Against Everton](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1549734/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022-Everton-Newcastle-United), Guimaraes played for 90 minutes, had 86 touches, won one aerial duel, completed 97% of his 66 passes, had three shots with 33% hitting the target, whipped in one cross, found a teammate with 9/9 long balls from deep, made three tackles, had one clearance, won two freekicks and had one successful dribble.

The 24-year-old has made [eight Premier League appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bruno-guimaraes/leistungsdaten/spieler/520624) for Newcastle, scoring one goal. He needed some time to get up to speed with the top-flight but looks comfortable at the base of the midfield now.

***[In other news, journalists praise ‘valiant’ Fabian Schar despite Newcastle’s 1-0 defeat to Everton](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/03/18/journalists-praise-valiant-fabian-schar-despite-newcastle-united-1-0-defeat-to-everton/)***