Newcastle United were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw as they met Sunderland in this afternoon’s Under-23 contest.
Adam Wilson scored an equaliser for the Magpies on 11 minutes, just 120 seconds after the Black Cats had hit the front.
The young left-winger was largely impressive throughout the 90 minutes and thoroughly deserved his goal.
Wilson has struggled for game time this season but made a flying return to the side for this afternoon’s game.
The 20-year-old’s strike today was his first of the campaign and he’ll now hope to kick on between now and the end of the season.
Wilson was part of a pretty strong Newcastle team that took to the field at the Academy of Light.
Matty Longstaff started, with Elliot Anderson also part of the starting line-up.
Regardless of the magnitude of the game, supporters never like to see the team beaten by Sunderland.
Wilson’s goal ensured a point for the under-23s and avoided the Toon Army faithful being on the wrong end of any banter.
Following his first-half strike, Newcastle fans took to Twitter to rave about his performance.
Plenty think he could have an impact in the first-team and here is what they had to say.
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