Newcastle United earned their second win of the new Premier League season with a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
Following a boring first-half, captain Bruno Guimaraes gave the Magpies the lead near the hour-mark before Nick Woltemade secured the three points with a 84th-minute penalty.
Eddie Howe named an unchanged starting XI from Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League. That saw Dan Burn continue at left-back after Lewis Hall missed out due to a hamstring injury.
The Magpies went into the game looking for only their second win of the Premier League. Joelinton was twice denied by Matz Sels inside opening quarter of an hour but that was as good as it got in terms of first-half chances.
Newcastle were much improved after the break. Woltemade saw a certain goal blocked by Morato but the home side weren’t to be denied much longer as Guimaraes curled an effort home from 25 yards in the 58th minute.
Sels kept Forest in the game with saves from Malick Thiaw and Harvey Barnes but couldn’t keep it out Woltemade’s 84th-minute penalty.
Former Newcastle academy graduate Elliot Anderson fouled Guimaraes in the area and the German striker stepped to aim his spot-kick into the top left corner. It was Woltemade’s fourth goal in five starts following his £69million summer move to Stuttgart.
Here are our Newcastle United player ratings from the Nottingham Forest game:
9. Anthony Elanga - 5
Unimpressive against his former club. Saw plenty of the ball down the right side but lacked a final end product. | Getty Images
10. Anthony Gordon - 6
Started the opening 20 minutes brightly by starting some neat passages of play. Drifted in and out of the game. | Getty Images
11. Nick Woltemade - 7
Missed two big chances, first denied by Morato and the crossbar, but showed the composure to bury his penalty into the top corner. Unbelievable technique. | Getty Images
12. Jacob Murphy (on for Elanga, 70) - 7
Fantastic vision to find Harvey Barnes in behind. | Getty Images