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00:00 So it's finished here at St James' Park, Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 3.

00:07 And yeah that was Newcastle United's worst result under Eddie Howe since he took charge in November 2021.

00:17 Prior to the day they'd only lost to three teams here in the Premier League under Howe.

00:24 Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and yeah now Nottingham Forest have added to that list.

00:32 A dreadful performance.

00:36 First half was good in many ways. Newcastle United took the lead through Alexander Isaac.

00:47 They were pushing for a second, committing a lot of bodies forward.

00:53 But that was the problem. There was warning signs when Newcastle were committing bodies forward.

00:59 Nottingham Forest had numerous counter-attacks and Martin de Brabant had made two decent saves before

01:07 eventually Nottingham Forest ended up scoring.

01:11 It was Chris Wood who of course, well hat-trick here, on his return he scored the level on the brink of half-time.

01:19 And then yeah, second half he had hoped Newcastle would change their approach a little bit.

01:24 As I say they were prone to being counter-attacked, particularly down the down-burn side.

01:30 He had a torrid after-hook against Anthony Alanga.

01:33 But it stayed the same. Nottingham Forest made 2-1, 3-1 and yeah it never really felt like Newcastle were going to get back into that game.

01:45 They could still be playing now, the grass-cutters are out here. I don't think they would have scored.

01:51 So yeah, a really disappointing end of the year. Newcastle's final game of 2023 in what's been a remarkable year for football.

01:59 Club returning to Champions League, reaching Wembley.

02:03 But the year in many ways has sort of fizzled out over the last few weeks.

02:07 Two cup exits, six defeats in seven games now it is for Newcastle United.

02:15 They've got to put this right but next up, Lillipool away. Tough one.