A very topsy turvy week preceded this forest game.
While we were beating Arsenal, terribly lost and in 15th place in the Premier League table. In the midst of the threat of pants such as woe, unwise gloating from Mackems and general exaggerated hysteria during an opening of the season that had seen defeats only for three of the best teams in Europe/the world, Newcastle United Corrected with a pounding midweek win in Belgium.
The Walloping of USG not only set up the Champions League campaign to look much more positive, but also received the buoyancy for the visit of an opponent who could present a useful springboard for a return to Premier League form.
Let’s look here a few facts.
Some may enjoy the misery of living on Chris Wood’s Spirit who blows Hattrick about two years ago, but that is the truth here, namely that Newcastle has won every other game between the two since Forest returned to the top flight in 2022. Gooi a competition cup success in that we win the trophy and that is a profit.
A welcome opponent then, historically, but that is before you get into the details of where Forest is now, with three victories of the last 18 games and no clean sheets in six months. That is bad, but it has become worse since Big Whinge Postecoglou lowered itself in their dug, with zero victories of his six games that are in charge, with an alarming early screaming for his head of home fans at the end of a discouraging 3-2 defeat at home against Midtjylland in the Europa League on Thursday.
Oh yes, that’s the other, they started with the disorder of playing in Europe on Thursday and on the following Sunday, neither the team nor the experience to deal with this (see also Crystal Palace from now on). So, in short, we should beat this.
The first half did not really deliver. Gordon and Elanga were just as anonymous today as they were electric in Brussels. Elanga seemed to be trying too hard against his former employers, while Gordon was too much to go back or infant. Neither of them can influence any kind of breakthrough and it feels as if Elanga in particular will benefit from the final introduction of Wissa as a more traditional Johnny-on-the-spot goalkeeper, such as when they are often too sharp for the deeper Nick-Woltemade in the course of them.
However, I have to call here that United’s Star Man was in the first half for my money, was the player I can only call Vintage Kieran Trippier. Tripps played the attacking full back roll that he has adjusted in so many good times with Aplomb and it was his delivery that brought a snapshot from Joelinton that Matt Sels reacted brilliantly to save. Yes, those are the same Matz Sels who stuck that same goal in 2016 for months before he is placed out of his misery and replaced by the much more reliable Karl Darlow, but that children is a story for another day.
In today’s story, Sels has somehow become a Golden Glove winning Premier League star. When Botman led the corner of Trippier over the goal again, Joelinton brilliantly put his header on goal against about four forest players, only for Sels to stop a Dino Zoff -Kaliber. Where was this show boating when you turned us off Huddersfield Mate?
I feared that a scoreless peace might see forest grow in confidence, but the second half only had one team in it. I had to shiver when Gordon had a cross that felt like it would have unpacked Wissa, only for the forest porter Fudge it to a clearly surprised big Nick. He hit a shot in the first time, but it was blocked desperately.
The hour that Mark approached and you felt that it might be uncomfortable if we didn’t start winning, so it was a relief when we started winning in a style. Forest only tried to break for Bruno to get up and rob the ball of Gibbs-White. It broke out with Dan Burn, who shot himself before he squeezed it in space in space, where he made a touch and it was so excellent in the upper corner that the actual Dino Zoff would have had no chance, so the man who had Nakhi Wells and Jack Payne victory here nine years ago.
I was a bit alerted to seeing trippier who worked the referee, while visiting players surrounded him to protest against the fact that Bruno had picked the ball from them before they score. Fair Play for the civil servants because they are convinced that this is how football works and that they were not about to write off a wonderful goal, just because someone likes to be soft. 1-0.
The locks threatened to open here. Tonali produced a beautiful first pillows from Trippier’s Floated Cross that was on its way to both the upper corner and the goal of the season that was run down, until Sels realized that he was not against a cheap assembled Yorkshire side and managed to do more great goalkeeper.
He had no chance when Joelinton’s header was blocked and broke for Woltemade to unleash a lightning bolt, but it hit back from the bar with such a force that it effectively knew the danger. The thought came that we could do with a second to seal this. It unexpectedly arrived with a favor from an old friend.
A somewhat hopeful ball forward from Burn was collected by Milenkovic, who was immediately put under pressure by Woltemade. He lost Elliot Anderson, but the terrible pass left Bruno in the pressure. Anderson came in, Bruno went over and what looked like a soft penalty from my chair was absolutely assumed with the advantage of the repetition.
Interesting here, while Big Nick took the ball and the entire pre-penalty Rigmarole waited in his despair to take the stairs. With Gordon from the field now there were no warring voices and the German clearly reflected in the fact that he might have had a hat trick if he had given Spot-Kick tasks in Belgium. It was soon clear to see why he might have thought that while he had a Thunderbolt -by -the’s in the upper corner of the net in a way that perhaps the Boskwekerij had reminded of the past times when he was just as helpless against lower power and accuracy of certain parties that should not have won. I would now keep Nick on pens.
Newcastle is a team that should always win here and today was a welcome return to such luck. It should have been more and maybe it should have been sitting last weekend that we were defeating USG and Forest, so things look Rosier with those victories in the bag.
De Hoop must now be that the international break brings better fitness news. Ramsey is almost certainly contrary to, Wissa probably needs longer and Livramento a good six weeks away. Howe’s remark that the Hamstring of Lewis Hall needs another scan does not predict well. It is a relief to have classic trippier to cover one full back position, perhaps less to be out of the position. Get well soon fast and let’s merge the kind of autumn that frightens life from the entire continent.
Happy bloody international break.
Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 0 – Sunday 5 October 2025 2 p.m.
(Statistics via BBC Sport))
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Bruno 58 Woltemade 84 Pen
Forest:
Possess Was Newcastle 57% forest 43%
Total number of shots were Newcastle 13 Forest 17
Shots on goal were Newcastle 6 Forest 6
Corner were Newcastle 5 Forest 7
Touches in the box Newcastle 24 Forest 15
Newcastle team against Forest:
Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Bruno, Joelinton (Miley 92), Tonali, Gordon (Barnes 70), Woltemade (Osula 92), Elanga (Murphy 70)
Unused Subs:
Ramsdale, Krafth, Willock, Lascelles, Schar
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Newcastle United Rebatures (all Champions League matches will also be available to watch on TV in the UK):
Saturday, October 18 – Brighton V Newcastle (3 p.m.)
Tuesday, October 21: Newcastle United vs Benfica (8 p.m.)
Saturday, October 25 – Newcastle in Fulham (3 p.m.)
Wednesday 29 October – Newcastle V Spurs (8 pm) ITV and Sky Sports
Sunday 2 November – West Ham against Newcastle (2 p.m.) Sky Sports
Wednesday, November 5: Newcastle United vs Athletic Club (8 p.m.)
Sunday, November 9 – – Brentford v Newcastle (2 p.m.) Sky Sports
Saturday, November 22 – – Newcastle V Man City (5.30 pm) Sky Sports
Tuesday, November 25: Olympique Marseille vs Newcastle United (8 p.m.)
Saturday, November 29 – Everton v Newcastle (5.30 pm) Sky Sports
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