Newcastle boss Eddie Howe: Why Schar a one-off

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe hailed the performance of Fabian Schar after victory over Wolves.

Howe dubbed the Swiss a "one-off" in the aftermath.

"There won't be many centre-halves like Fabby," said Howe. He is a total one-off, I think. He is a very good defender when he is absolutely concentrated and really well-trained. He is as good a defender as I've seen.

He reads the game really well, and the interceptions that he makes is second to none. But he would probably tell you that his biggest strengths are on the ball, and he can see things and execute things that I don't see many other centre-halves capable of doing. That's why he's so important to us.

Maybe the pass for the first goal is slightly easier than the pass for the last one. The pass for the last goal, I don't think anyone else in the stadium saw, apart from maybe Tino, because he's made the run. He maybe knows that Fabby is capable of playing him in. They were moments of absolute class."