The six-week break has not derailed what is turning out to be a memorable season under Eddie Howe and the Magpies eased to the three points at the King Power after a sensational opening 32 minutes.
NEWCASTLE SHOWED they can be part of the Premier League title race, moving second in the table with a 3-0 win at Leicester.
It may be 45 days since their last one, but this was a sixth Premier League win in a row – their best run since 2012. Howe’s side are proving that an outstanding first half of the season was not a flash in the pan. The visitors went ahead in the third minute from the penalty spot as Chris Wood, in for the ill Callum Wilson, fired home emphatically after Daniel Amartey had hacked down Joelinton.
Leicester began to settle but they knew they needed to score the next goal and they almost did as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall played through Patson Daka. The work had been done, though, meaning Newcastle have suffered just one defeat in their opening 16 games.
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