Steve Bruce has already seen enough from "modern-day midfielder" Joe Willock to be confident he will be a success in a Newcastle shirt. The 21-year-old Arsenal loanee needed just 16 minutes of his debut to score his first goal for the club in last Saturday's 3-2 victory over Southampton before playing his part in a remarkable rearguard action as the Magpies fought their way to the final whistle with just 10 men. Willock's high-energy display added the kind of pace and mobility Bruce's side had lacked in the middle of the pitch, and the instinct to arrive in the opposition penalty area to get on the end of Allan Saint-Maximin's pull-back and find the back of the net left the...
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