Kieran Trippier smiled as Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Keylor Navas attempted to get into his head. There were 93 minutes on the clock at the City Ground and so much was at stake. The next kick could have potentially huge ramifications not only in Newcastle United's season but, also, Forest's.
With the score at 1-1, Trippier looked as if he was about to take his first non-shootout penalty for the club after picking up the ball and sizing up the goal to a chorus of deafening boos. Only the stand-in Newcastle skipper had other ideas.
Trippier knew full well that it would be Alexander Isak who would ultimately step up, but the England international took some of the pressure off his team-mate by protecting him for a few precious seconds. It was a timely reminder of this side's streetwise transformation.
