Newcastle Edge Nottingham Forest In 7-goal Thriller

Newcastle United scored four goals in 11 minutes of first-half to keep alive their Champions League qualification hopes with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Nottingham Forest at St James’ Park on Sunday.

Newcastle moved into fifth place with 44 points from 26 games, outside of the top four on goal difference only. High-flying Forest lost for the second week in a row but remained in third with 47 points from the same number of matches.

Reuters reports that Forest led early through Callum Hudson-Odoi’s long-range strike but Newcastle roared into life with four quick goals from 18-year-old Lewis Miley, Jacob Murphy and a brace from Alexander Isak, the first a penalty, which gave them a 4-1 half-time lead.

Forest were the better side in the second period and created numerous chances against a nervous home team, as Nikola Milenkovic netted and a late goal by Ryan Yates almost earned the visitors what would have been a deserved point.