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.

On his 76th Premier League appearance Isak scored his 50th goal in the league; only six players have reached that milestone quicker. The second half was a different story, with the hosts looking shaky at set-pieces and unable to control the game.

Alexander Isak scored twice in a 12-minute, 4-goal first-half blitz as Newcastle United needed every bit to beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 at St. James' Park on Sunday.

Newcastle blew Nottingham Forest away with four goals in 11 minutes as Alexander Isak's double inspired a vital 4-3 win in the race to finish in the Premier League’s top four.

However, he could not have done anything about Ryan Yates' finish. Schar was unlucky not to score ... It was also Hall's cross that hit Ola Aina's arm, which was deemed a penalty — where Alexander Isak scored from. Guimaraes had a surprisingly subdued ...

Sunday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first): Newcastle: Lewis Miley (23), Jacob Murphy (25), Alexander Isak (33, 34). Nottingham Forest: Callum Hudson-Odoi (6), Nikola Milenkovic (63), Ryan Yates (90). Halftime: 4-1. Watford: Tom Dele-Bashiru (11), Edo Kayembe (23). Halftime: 2-0.

During Newcastle’s stunning 11-minute destruction of Nottingham Forest, Alexander Isak claimed an impressive bit of Premier League history. The striker scored two of the Magpies four goals between

Alexander Isak's double made him the highest-scoring Swedish player in Premier League history, overtaking Freddie Ljungberg (48)

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.

Alexander Isak scored twice as Newcastle came from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 in a Premier League thriller .

Newcastle United triumphed 4-3 over Nottingham Forest in a thrilling seven-goal encounter at St James' Park on Sunday afternoon, with Alexander Isak powering the victory as he reached 50 Premier League goals.