Zian Flemming nearly snatched a draw for the 10-man Clarets.

Head coach Eddie Howe was not a happy man after watching Newcastle almost throw away Premier League victory for the second time in a week when beating Burnley 2-1 at St James’ Park.

Having seen the Magpies surrender their lead to Tottenham in stoppage time on Tuesday evening, Howe looked on as Burnley substitute Zian Flemming headed wide at the end to leave him relieved.

Asked if his team had made hard work of it, Howe said: “Very much so. That was an uncomfortable ending for us.

“There’s certainly a lot to learn and we’re learning with a victory behind us rather than a negative result. We have to improve our management of games at the latter stages and today that nearly cost us.

“We have to be very honest and say that wasn’

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