Newcastle United's last-minute 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest has given them a "great chance" of finishing in the Champions League places at the end of this season, according to Clinton Morrison.
Newcastle sit just two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur with two games in hand over their top-four rivals heading into the international break. Alexander Isak's last-minute penalty against Nottingham Forest on Friday night at the City Ground has seen the Magpies head into the domestic football hiatus on a high.
In what looked set to be a frustrating draw against Steve Cooper's side, the Swede's injury-time spot-kick - his second of the game - ensured that the Tyneside club would claim all three points having dominated the vast majority of the match.
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And now Morrison has told Eddie Howe's squad that although there are many other teams battling for that coveted fourth spot, the victory over Forest has given them a great chance of playing in Europe's premier competition in the 2023/24 season.
"They've got a great chance of finishing in the top four," he told BBC Radio 5 Live Sport "I still think there's a few teams in there; Liverpool, Brighton have got a chance and obviously there's Tottenham.
"But this is a big victory for them because they probably thought they were only going to get a point but they got a penalty at the end and I think Isak was the difference."
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