Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar scored in the second half to help Newcastle produce one of the comfortable football results of the weekend in the Premier League. Schar opened the scoring in the 58th minute before Wilson sealed the win in the 78th minute of the game. Joelinton missed two good chances in the first half as they registered 14 shots in total.
Player ratings
Newcastle: Pope (6), Trippier (7), Targett (7), Schar (7), Burn (7), Guimaraes (8), Willock (7), Almiron (7), Saint-Maximin (7), Wilson (7), Joelinton (8).
Subs used: Longstaff (n/a), Fraser (n/a), Murphy (n/a), Wood (n/a), Botman (n/a).
Nottingham Forest: Henderson (7), Williams (6), Niakhate (7), McKenna (6), Worrall (6), Toffolo (5), O’Brien (5), Colback (6), Lingard (5), Johnson (5), Surridge (5).
Subs: Awoniyi (5), Mangala (5), Mighten (n/a).
Man of the match: Bruno Guimaraes.
Managers Reaction
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe: “I’m feeling very positive after watching that. The players were excellent, we delivered what we wanted to. Full credit to them physically for the effort it took to win that match. It was a huge shift from the player. It was a performance of real promise from us today. I know we need to be better. I’m always going to push the players for more and I said that at half-time. We delivered a very good display up until the last action. The good thing was we had created chances, some great moves, and great moments. There were really positive signs for what can be this season.”
Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper: “We were second best, there’s no doubt about that. Newcastle looked like a good team today. At times, we coped with it OK in terms of the possession they had and the territory, but we didn’t play well enough with the ball. You could see that with the two goals. In the end, we turned the ball over a little cheaply, not completely believing in how we wanted to play. That’s given them even more momentum than they already had.”
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