Newcastle United suffered a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on Saturday afternoon, but Bruno Guimaraes still impressed at St James’ Park. The 24-year-old started alongside Jonjo Shelvey and Joe Willock in midfield and was brilliant in both boxes.
No Newcastle player in the starting XI had more dribbles, more touches, more completed passes or won more freekicks than Guimaraes. Only Matt Targett made more tackles for the Magpies than the Brazilian international, but his efforts were unfortunately in vain.
Dominic Scurr of The Shields Gazette gave Guimaraes a player rating of 7/10 and called him ‘lively’ and ‘effective’ over the 90 minutes while also praising his ‘splitting’ passes. Lee Ryder of Chronicle Live gave the Brazilian a player rating of 7/10 and said he ‘showed quality’ in possession.
Graeme Bailey of 90min also gave Guimaraes a player rating of 7/10 and hailed him ‘a class act’ while praising his tenacity to win back the ball. Against Liverpool, the 24-year-old had 63 touches, completed 82.4% of his 34 passes, made four tackles, had one shot which hit the target, was 100% accurate from his long-range passing, won three freekicks and had five successful dribbles.
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