Nottingham Forest 1-3 Newcastle

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That's more like it! Coming from behind to win.

Coming from behind to win away from home! Coming from behind to win away from home at a side starting the day third in the league? Those scenarios I can just about picture if I squint.

But coming from behind, to win away from home, at a side starting the day third in the league - and we SCORED FROM A CORNER? Heady days indeed.

Make no mistake, this was an absolutely superb performance, and it goes without saying that it was a superb result - but it was made even more so by the tightness of the table.

The win put Newcastle up to 8th, ahead of media darlings Aston Villa, but a single point separates Chelsea in 3rd and Villa in 9th.

A string of excellent performances and results have put Newcastle right back in amongst it.

After yet another bloody international break (the clocks have just gone back and we're already on our third, I'm sure there never used to be this many) there's the enticing prospect of West Ham at home.

However, it would be no shock if the struggling Hammers ditched Lopetegui over the international break, and no doubt brought Moyes back in, so they could be a bit of an unknown in that case.

Either way, we'll know the lay of the land, having to wait until Monday night to play.

But back to Forest, who have shades of 2011 Newcastle about them, and despite going into the break 1-0 down after a lapse in concentration allowed Forest to score a simple set piece goal, Newcastle had been the better side, knocking the ball around with confidence.

This, despite Anthony Taylor's best efforts not to upset Mr Marinakis, presumably worried he'd be gobbed on if he reprimanded Yates for elbowing Livramento in the face, or going studs up on Longstaff's knee (who should be given massive credit for not even going down, even though doing so would surely have brought about a VAR review), or Elanga for bringing down Willock in the box.

But just to prove that you should never put down to malice what can be attributed to incompetence, he also decided not to give Burn a second yellow when he possibly could have.

Our goals were all excellent.

A proper striker's finish from Isak after some pinball in the box; a - what's the opposite of trademark - quality finish from Joelinton on his left peg from outside the box; and a typically clever finish at the near post from supersub Harvey Barnes, who could, and probably should, have had another late on.

It's clear that the system is working, and having quality to come off the bench in the shape of Barnes and Tonali feels like a luxury we've never had.

Man of the match: Will Osula.