Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes scored a brilliant goal and won a penalty as his side beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 at home in the Premier League on Sunday to heap even more pressure on under-fire boss Ange Postecoglou.
The size of the task facing the Australian was apparent as once again, goalkeeper Matz Sels was his side’s best player as it struggled to create chances of note.
After a scrappy goalless first half, Guimaraes gave his side the lead in the 58th minute with a superb strike, picking up a pass from Dan Burn outside the box and curling it beyond the despairing dive of Sels in the Forest goal.
The visitor had given as good as it got up to that point, but fell apart after the goal, with Sels repeatedly called into action to keep his side in the game.
With the Newcastle pressure mounting, he pulled off a superb reflex save to steer a Malick Thiaw volley away to safety, and a couple of minutes later, he stood his ground to deny Harvey Barnes.
Forest barely managed to threaten at the other end, with Chris Wood looking like a shadow of the striker who netted 20 Premier League goals last season, and anything it did get on target lacked the power to trouble Nick Pope in Newcastle’s goal.
Despite his heroics, there was little Sels could do when Elliot Anderson needlessly scythed down Guimaraes in the 82nd minute to concede a penalty, and German striker Nick Woltemade fired home confidently from the spot.
The win lifts Newcastle to 11th spot in the standings on nine points, while Postecoglou’s Forest, which is without a win in seven games in all competitions, is 17th with five points from its seven league games this season, one point above the drop zone.
Published on Oct 05, 2025