'Squeezed it away' – Callum Wilson reveals prank played on Brighton goalkeeper Rob Sanchez at Amex Stadium

The Magpies drew 0-0 with Brighton on a very warm day on August 13 and Wilson admitted yesterday that he did something to the water bottle of Brighton's Spain international goalkeeper Sanchez.

He said: “It was too funny!" said Wilson, speaking on the BBC Sounds’ Footballer’s Football Podcast, via Newcastle World. "It’s true, yes. It’s not a regular thing, I don’t go looking for the goalkeeper’s water bottle.

“It was down at Brighton away, it was boiling hot, must have been 30 odd degrees at pitch side. The ball’s gone out for a corner but it’s gone into the crowd so it’s taking a while. I needed a drink, I was parched, so I saw the goalkeeper’s Lucozade so I started drinking it.

"It’s nice you know! Refreshing! Then the goalie turned around and looked at me as if to say, big man, put my drink down. I was looking at him squirting it away and then shook it and threw it. I was just doing it for banter.

“That one occasion I squeezed it away fully as it was boiling hot and I thought if he ain’t got a drink he ain’t going to be saving shots. Let’s dehydrate him. It’s about being game smart.”