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Alexander Isak's scoring run in Premier League ends at 8 games. Jamie Vardy's record safe for now

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Alexander Isak's scoring run in Premier League ends at 8 games. Jamie Vardy's record safe for now
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Alexander Isak's scoring run in Premier League ends at 8 games. Jamie Vardy's record safe for now

2025-01-18 23:06 Last Updated At:23:10

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle striker Alexander Isak's scoring run is finally over.

The Sweden international had scored in eight straight games before failing to find the net in Newcastle's 4-1 loss to Bournemouth on Saturday.

Isak had been closing in on a record set by Leicester's Jamie Vardy in 2015.

It leaves Isak tied for third in the list of the longest scoring runs in the Premier League era (since 1992), according to Opta, the competition's statistics supplier:

Jamie Vardy (Leicester), August-November 2015

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), March-August 2003

Alexander Isak (Newcastle), December 2024-January 2025

Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), December 2001-January 2002

Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), November 2013-February 2014

Jamie Vardy (Leicester), October-December 2019

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Bournemouth's Illya Zabarnyi, left, and Newcastle United's Alexander Isak, right, challenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and AFC Bournemouth in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Bournemouth's Illya Zabarnyi, left, and Newcastle United's Alexander Isak, right, challenge for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and AFC Bournemouth in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Newcastle's Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English League Cup semifinal first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Newcastle's Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English League Cup semifinal first leg soccer match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the Emirates stadium in London, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Newcastle United's Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers at St. James' Park, Newcastle, England, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Newcastle United's Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers at St. James' Park, Newcastle, England, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

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