Nottingham Forest have been fishing in the waters Newcastle aspire to swim in. This season, Nuno Espírito Santo’s team are the provincial outfit punching above their weight but in taking them down at the City Ground, Newcastle, now just a point behind Forest, showed they too possess the capability to join the throng.
A second-half comeback, courtesy of three lovely finishes, the first a piece of striking opportunism from Alexander Isak, the second an arrowing, long-range beauty from Joelinton, showed a full stomach for the fight. The third, scored by late substitute Harvey Barnes, cutting inside after an assist by an equally influential replacement in Sandro Tonali, sent Forest fans barrelling home.
