Alexander Isak caps cruise past Crystal Palace and fires Newcastle into third

Jacob Murphy opens the scoring for Newcastle in the 14th minute.Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images/ReutersWhen Eddie Howe fell ill last week and it became clear Newcastle’s manager could be absent for some time, the team’s captain, Bruno Guimarães, convened an emergency meeting of senior players.Everyone resolved, in Guimarães’s words, to “keep our standards as high as ever” and subsequent actions have shown they meant it.Related: Newcastle v Cryst