Alan Shearer’s one-word Newcastle United verdict after nervy Forest finish
James Quinlan
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Alan Shearer was a relieved man after Newcastle United just about managed to stave off a late fightback from Nottingham Forest at St. James’ Park on Sunday.
Eddie Howe’s men triumphed 4-3 on the day to move fifth in the Premier League – joint with Manchester City in fourth place on 44 points prior to their late kick-off against league-leaders Liverpool. Overcoming an early setback, strikes from Lewis Miley, Jacob Murphy plus an Alexander Isak brace in 11 first-half minutes marked an emphatic response.
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Newcastle were in complete control heading into the break, but the second-half was a different story entirely. Forest fought back with goals from Nikola Milenkovic and Ryan Yates cutting the deficit to just one goal heading into the final three stoppage-time minutes.
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After witnessing the seven-goal thriller, club legend Shearer could only write to his X followers: “Pheewwwwwww!!!!”
This was an extremely different reaction from the Premier League’s all-time top goalscorer after the more comfortable scoreline at the end of the first half. In a post roughly an hour earlier, the striker-turned-pundit had said: “Now that was a fun half!!”
As a former goalscorer, Shearer is a known fan of Magpies’ No.14 Isak, who as part of his contributions in front of goal on Sunday surpassed the 50-goal mark in 76 English top-flight appearances.
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Speaking on Sky Sports before the clash with Nottingham Forest, former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge heaped praise on the Sweden international and said: “For me, I think he’s probably the best all round [striker].
“I think that [Erling] Haaland is probably the better goal-scorer but I think, for me, all-round, this is what he can do, he manipulates the ball. He goes one-vs-one.
“He can score his own goals if he needs to, and can also set his teammates up, as well. I think all-round the guy is a special football player and it’ll be interesting to see if he stays there at the end of the season because I think there’s going to be so many teams [interested].”
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