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Nottingham Forest 1-2 Newcastle player ratings: Alexander Isak guides Magpies to victory

Newcastle United star Alexander Isak kept his nerve to blast Newcastle United to three points at the City Ground.

Much has been made about whether Isak can play 90 minutes or not for the Magpies in recent days, but he was the man of the moment in stoppage time with a well taken penalty. It came on a night in which he'd fired home an equaliser at the Trent End.

Newcastle overcame both an Emmanuel Dennis opener and a harsh call on Elliot Anderson who saw his first senior goal chalked off for offside.

These are the overall player ratings from the City Ground:

Nick Pope 7

Recovered from first half opener with a couple of fine saves in the second half.

Kieran Trippier 7

Kept things moving down the right-hand side. A good show.

Fabian Schar 7

Overcame early injury to battle hard and deny Forest.

Sven Botman 6

A true horror moment led to the opener for Dennis as Botman's unconvincing back-pass went straight to Forest. But he kept his composure after the break to play his part.

Dan Burn 7

Some tough moments but showed his determination late on.

Sean Longstaff 8

A strong attacking display. Hit the bar and unfortunate to be caught up in the offside incident.

Joe Willock 9

Aside from first half horror miss played a huge part here. Great cross for the equaliser and helped win the penalty with telling ball into the box in stoppage time.

Bruno Guimaraes 8

Suffered some rough treatment but showed his quality throughout.

Allan Saint-Maximin 6

A couple of threats down the left before being taken off.

Jacob Murphy 8

Proved to be a real thorn in the side of Forest. Put in seven crosses and caused panic in the Forest defence. Missed a good late chance. Work-rate can never be faulted.

Alexander Isak 10

Stepped up and provided the game winning moments.

Subs

Elliot Anderson 9 (for Saint-Maximin 46)

Outstanding and cruelly denied first senior goal.

Matt Ritchie (for Murphy 84)

Here's how United players rated in the first half:

Nick Pope 6

Rushed off his line after Botman error.

Kieran Trippier 7

Usual slick display down the right-hand side.

Fabian Schar 6

Suffered a rough start to the game but edged his way back into proceedings.

Sven Botman 5

A true horror moment led to the opener for Dennis as Botman's unconvincing back-pass went straight to Forest.

Dan Burn 6

On a yellow card for arguing and needs to be careful.

Sean Longstaff 7

Unlucky to see his deflected effort bounce back off the bar

Joe Willock 7

Aside from that bad early miss has looked lively. Set up the goal.

Bruno Guimaraes 7

Tenacious in the middle. Also on the end of some rough treatment from Forest and his old team-mate Shelvey.

Allan Saint-Maximin 6

A couple of threats down the left but can do more.

Jacob Murphy 7

Has been a real danger down the right for Newcastle.

Alexander Isak 8

His early effort resulted in the moment of panic that saw Lodi hit his own bar. And then he kept his best moment until the end of the half to volley home Willock's cross.