The Swede Alexander Isak, with a double that included a decisive goal in the final discount, gave Newcastle a 2-1 victory in their visit to Nottingham Forest, this Friday in the 28th round of the Premier League.
Isak scored both goals for the ‘Urracas’ in the game, in the discounts of the two halves (45 + 2 and 90 + 3 penalty).
With them his team came back from a game in which Nottingham Forest had taken the lead in minute 26 with a goal from Nigerian Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis.
With 47 points, Newcastle reinforces its fifth place and is provisionally close to one point behind the last team in the ‘Champions zone’, Tottenham (4th), which visits bottom team Southampton on Saturday.
For its part, Nottingham Forest (14th) is still in the lower zone, with just two points above the relegation places.
This weekend, the English day is marked by the postponement of three games (Manchester City-West Ham, Brighton-Manchester United and Liverpool-Fulham), due to the fact that the quarterfinals of the FA Cup are also being played.
City will therefore play in that FA Cup on Saturday and not in the Premier League, where they are second five points behind leader Arsenal, which they can take advantage of to further escape on Sunday with their duel against Crystal Palace (12th), who this Friday he dismissed his French coach Patrick Vieira.
— Results of the 28th day of the Premier League:
– Friday:
Nottingham Forest – Newcastle 1 – 2
– Saturday:
(15h00 GMT) Wolverhampton – Leeds
Southampton – Tottenham
Aston Villa – Bournemouth
Brentford – Leicester
(17h30 GMT) Chelsea – Everton
– Domingo:
(14h00 GMT) Arsenal – Crystal Palace
Postponed:
Manchester City – West Ham
Brighton – Manchester United
Liverpool – Fulham
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Arsenal 66 27 21 3 3 62 25 37
2. Manchester City 61 27 19 4 4 67 25 42
3. Manchester United 50 26 15 5 6 41 35 6
4. Tottenham 48 27 15 3 9 49 37 12
5. Newcastle 47 26 12 11 3 39 19 20
6. Liverpool 42 26 12 6 8 47 29 18
7. Brighton 42 25 12 6 7 46 31 15
8. Brentford 41 26 10 11 5 42 33 9
9. Fulham 39 27 11 6 10 38 37 1
10. Chelsea 37 26 10 7 9 27 26 1
11. Aston Villa 35 26 10 5 11 32 39 -7
12. Crystal Palace 27 27 6 9 12 21 34 -13
13. Wolverhampton 27 27 7 6 14 20 37 -17
14. Nottingham 26 27 6 8 13 22 49 -27
15. Everton 25 27 6 7 14 20 38 -18
16. Leicester 24 26 7 3 16 37 46 -9
17. West Ham 24 26 6 6 14 24 34 -10
18. Bournemouth 24 26 6 6 14 25 51 -26
19. Leeds 23 26 5 8 13 31 42 -11
20. Southampton 22 27 6 4 17 20 43 -23
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