Alexander Isak insists his Newcastle United team-mates knew they needed to show something entirely different in the second half as Eddie Howe delivered his team talk in the away dressing room of the Gtech Community Stadium. The Magpies were trailing at the interval after a woeful first half which saw Brentford awarded two penalties after a disallowed goal for Ivan Toney.
The former Newcastle striker made no mistake from 12 yards at the second time of asking after Isak gave away a penalty for a high foot on Rico Henry. But the second half was a different story entirely as Howe's double substitution at the break worked wonders.
Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon were introduced from the bench and before long Joelinton and Isak himself had found the net to turn the tie on its head. After the game the Swede was asked about Howe's words at half-time.
