Allan Saint-Maximin has taken to Twitter to congratulate Joelinton on his performance for Newcastle against Crystal Palace on Friday night.
The French winger wrote ‘well done brother’ in response to the Magpies’ tweet about the ex-Hoffenheim forward’s excellent display.
At Selhurst Park, the Brazilian delivered a coming-of-age display to down Roy Hodgson’s side and earn Steve Bruce all three points.
As SofaScore shows, Joelinton had a huge seven shots in total – three on target and four off target.
The 24-year-old also completed two dribbles, but it was his industrial, defensive work that caught the eye.
Joelinton won a huge 15 duels in total, nine being ‘ground duels’ while six of them came in the air.
Additionally, the £40 million man won four tackles, made two interceptions and drew four freekicks from the Eagles.
However, he did lose possession on 21 occasions.
Having said that, when you’re as involved as he was, trying plenty of things in attack, not all of them will come off.
Above all, he also scored his first goal of the season, as well as his first assist of the campaign.
It was truly an excellent performance, and Saint-Maximin is clearly proud of his teammate who effectively single-handedly won the game last night.
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