Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest scores their sides second aim previous Martin Dubravka of Newcastle United throughout the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest at St. James Park on December 26, 2023 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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Chris Wood scored a hat trick in opposition to his former membership as Nottingham Forest beat Newcastle 3-1 within the Premier League on Tuesday.
Wood, who signed with Newcastle for £25 million ($32 million) in January earlier than becoming a member of Forest in the summertime, took benefit of woeful defending at St. James’ Park to assist Forest finish a seven-match winless league run and provides new supervisor Nuno Espirito Santo his first victory.
Newcastle took a Twenty third-minute lead by means of Alexander Isak’s penalty however missed a number of alternatives to construct on its benefit.
Forest then pulled even in first-half stoppage time when Morgan Gibbs-White sprinted upfield and performed a ball to Anthony Elanga, who slid a move which Wood simply tapped in.
After Gibbs-White despatched a header huge within the opening moments of the second half, Wood ran onto a move from Elanga, turned defender Dan Burn inside out and lifted a shot over Martin Dubavka to place Forest in entrance within the 53rd minute
Forest then made it 3-1 seven minutes later when Murillo’s through-ball cut up a ragged defence and Wood deftly stepped across the Dubravka to finish his hat trick.
Isak noticed a 67th-minute shot deflected huge and Lewis Miley solely simply missed the goal two minutes later as Newcastle tried to scrap again into the sport, however assembly each fierce resistance and devastating counter-punching, the injury was already finished and there was no means again.
The win lifts Forest as much as sixteenth place whereas Newcastle’s fourth defeat in 5 league video games retains it seventh.
