Newcastle scored four goals in 11 minutes in the first half to keep their Champions League hopes alive with a 4-3 win over Nottingham Forest at "St. James Park", but had to withstand a lot of pressure in the second half, BTA reported.
The success moved Newcastle up to fifth place with 44 points from 26 games and is outside the top four only on goal difference. Forest lost for the second week in a row but remain third with 47 points from the same number of games.
The visitors took an early lead through Callum Hudson-Odoi's long-range strike, but Newcastle responded with four quick goals from 18-year-old Lewis Miley, Jacob Murphy and two from Alexander Isak, one of them from the penalty spot, to give them a 4-1 lead at half-time.
Nottingham Forest played better in the second half and created plenty of chances against the hosts, scoring twice through Nikola Milenkovic and Ryan Yates.