Alan Shearer shocked by what he saw during Newcastle United victory

Newcastle United kept their Champions League charge on course with a hard-fought fifth Premier League win on the bounce at Brentford.

An own goal from David Raya, after some smart work by Joelinton, and a moment of magic from Alexander Isak cancelled out an Ivan Toney penalty as the Magpies jumped back up to third in the top flight table.

And the man who leads the all-time scoring charts at St James’ Park, Alan Shearer, has been having his say about the win on social media.

Taking to Twitter, after some earlier VAR vitriol, Shearer said: “Great win for the Toon. Much better second half. Eddie’s changes at HT were brilliant.”

Earlier in the afternoon Shearer had expressed his anger at referee Chris Kavanagh’s decision-making, giving a controversial penalty after consulting the VAR monitors.

Shearer said: “Never ever clear and obvious. Another long wait.”

Speaking after the match, head coach Eddie Howe said: “Howe said: "It was a very tough game. It was very physical, as we knew it would be. We suffered in the first half. But second half, what a response from a group of players that have played three games in six days. They were asked to dig really deep for the result but responded really well.

"We changed things tactically [in the second half]. Sometimes that can give you a lift in itself. We knew we were desperate for the result and threw caution to the wind a little bit. The players responded well physically, even though we were a little bit fatigued from the week we have had. That is down to the characters we have."