From four successive shots, between the 23rd and 34th minutes, Newcastle scored four times — and that clinical 11-minute spell includes the two-minutes-plus taken to award a penalty following a VAR review.

Alexander Isak’s double helped ease Newcastle firmly back into the race for Champions League qualification by denting Nottingham Forest’s hopes in a seven-goal thriller.The Sweden international took his tally for the season to 21 as he reached 50 goals in the Premier League in a 4-3 victory over third-placed Forest at St James’ Park in which the visitors had taken an early lead through Callum Hudson-Odoi.