Yet, in the 74th minute, Tonali, who found himself on the right flank, overlapped Harvey Barnes, who passed to the midfielder. Having looked up, potentially spotting Mark Flekken a couple of yards off his line and noticing that no Newcastle player had attacked the near post, Tonali arrowed the ball into the box with his right foot.

Sandro Tonali scored a sensational winner and Alexander Isak took his season's Premier League goal tally to 20 as Newcastle United beat Brentford 2-1 on Wednesday to boost their bid for a Champions League place.

Sandro Tonali snatched all three points with a goal from the unlikeliest, most incomprehensible spot on the field as Newcastle topped Brentford 2-1 on Wednesday.