Newcastle United have won their past four games in all competitions, scoring 14 goals in the process, with seven different players finding the net.

“When we play at our best, we do share the goals around,” said manager Eddie Howe. “I don’t think there’s ever been one consistent source and we don’t want there to be because then it’s easier to stop.

“It’s about the team functioning and enabling everyone to be creative and productive. We’re seeing different players contribute in different games and that pleases me.

“Of course Alex [Isak] – being our number nine – will want to score. But I want goals from a huge range of different players. We’re seeing that and that’s great for us.”

Newcastle’s next game is against struggling Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday and Howe said of that match: “It’s a fixture that we should try to attack, give our best, try to keep the rhythm and momentum we’ve got and show the best version of ourselves.

“I think we have to be ourselves in this game and this is their attitude wherever we go. We have to know which Newcastle is going to turn up. We’ve seen that in recent weeks and it’s been a real positive for us.”