Jamaal Lascelles’ powerful header earns Newcastle United win over Stoke City

Punctuated by persistent bouts of driving rain and permeated by a distinctly autumnal chill, it was hardly the ideal afternoon for a convalescent to be outdoors but nonethless seemed to do Rafa Benítez a power of good.

A fortnight after undergoing surgery to clear infection from the site of an old hernia repair, the Newcastle United manager walked gingerly into the dug-out at kick off but departed with a spring in his step.

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