"Ultimately we've won the game so I have to be very pleased. That was a tough game - we knew it was going to be - but the players were magnificent in their response to conceding, so loads of good stuff to take away and of course some stuff to improve.

I love management – but I hate it at the same time - The Magpies led 4-1 before Nottingham Forest mounted a second-half fightback.

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.