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United 'have to keep run of form going', says star

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Vincent
Published date18 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
The £63million man took his tally to 21 goals for the season with a brace against Tottenham Hotspur and finds himself in red hot form going into the run-in

Isak's performance was assessed by Sweden boss and former Newcastle forward Jon Dahl Tomasson against Spurs and the Dane spent time with Isak in the tunnel afterwards to offer him some praise on Saturday. But Isak is not finished here, and neither are Newcastle. There is an internal target in the dressing room and it is believed to be points based.

Whether Newcastle hit that tally remains to be seen while the prize for the season overall is yet to be decided. Nobody knows if fifth place will be up for grabs for the Champions League but if Eddie Howe's side can somehow win all six of their last batch of games, there could be a magical finale to the 2023/24 campaign.

Isak told The Chronicle: "We are in form at the right time, we have a few games left and we have to finish the season in a good way. The last three games we have been going good, and we have to keep that going now.

"We'd like to play this weekend of course. But on the other hand, we have some time to recover and who knows? We might get some more players back fit. You have to look at the positives and we just have to keep going."

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Howe spoke of winning six out of six in the run-in, and Isak knows if Newcastle can achieve that there's a chance of something special happening. Given Newcastle's injury situation, even sixth place would be classed as a very good season.

The striker said: "We look at it game by game. And one thing we do know is we have something to play for now. We will see where that takes us."

Asked if Newcastle could win all six, Isak added: "Well, if we play like we did against Spurs, yeah. It is not easy to keep that level but that is going to be our mentality."

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