Sutton lauds ‘incredible’ Saint-Maximin after Newcastle win

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Chris Sutton has told The Monday Night Club that Allan Saint-Maximin is an incredible player and claimed that the Newcastle United star goes past defenders as if he is playing a different game.

Eddie Howe’s men have given themselves a brilliant chance of staying in the Premier League. They are one of only two teams in the division to have won their last three games.

Of course, the likes of Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn have received a lot of plaudits. Their arrivals in the January transfer window have arguably been crucial to their upturn in form.

But Saint-Maximin has played a bigger part than anyone else in making sure that those players join a Newcastle side still with a fighting chance of remaining in the top-flight.

The Frenchman is Newcastle’s second-highest goalscorer. And unquestionably, he has been their most dangerous player. He also scored their goals in the draws with Manchester United and Watford before this recent run of wins began.

He was outrageously good against Everton last week. And Sutton could not hide how impressed he has been with the 24-year-old.

“He is an incredible player, he really is. It looks like he’s playing a different game to most Premier League players, the way he goes past defenders,” he told The Monday Night Club.

Saint-Maximin brings up remarkable century in latest Newcastle win

Saint-Maximin brought up an amazing landmark at the weekend in the win over Aston Villa. He now sits on 100 successful dribbles in the Premier League this season, according to FB Ref.

Unsurprisingly, he is top of the charts by some distance. The next best player is Adama Traore on 62. And then, remarkably, no other player has made it past 50.

In fact, only Raphinha at Leeds has even attempted a greater number of dribbles than Saint-Maximin has successfully completed.

The worry for most sides is that they would have previously stood a good chance of stopping Newcastle if they found a way to nullify Saint-Maximin.

Now however, Saint-Maximin is far from the only Newcastle player opposition sides need to worry about.