Alexander Isak believes Newcastle United have ‘a lot of things to work on’ after they edged a seven-goal thriller against European rivals Nottingham Forest.The Magpies produced a stunning reaction to falling behind to an early Callum Hudson-Odoi strike as two goals in three minutes from Lewis Miley and Jacob Murphy turned the game on its head.

Before kick-off, much was made of the looming midfield duel between Miley and another Newcastle academy graduate, Forest’s Elliot Anderson but of that pair, it was Howe’s No 67 who built the stronger case for a senior England call-up.

Nottingham Forest will be looking over their shoulders at Newcastle United after a pivotal result in the Premier League's top-four race.

Newcastle scored four goals in 11 minutes against Nottingham Forest, but still had to withstand a late fightback to seal a 4-3 win in the Premier League.

Newcastle United moved up to fifth in the Premier League table with a 4-3 victory over Nottingham Forest at St James’ Park. The Magpies were cruising at half-time, leading 4-1 at half-time through Alexander Isak’s brace and goals from Lewis Miley and Jacob Murphy.

Newcastle United beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 at St James’ Park - here are the player ratings from the match. Eddie Howe made three changes to the side that were beaten 4-0 at Manchester City last weekend with Nick Pope,