"There was little in the way of goalmouth action in the first half at St James' Park, but that created a tough, physical midfield battle, with tempers flaring from the start of the game. It was shaping up to be a game that needed a moment of magic, and as he so often does, Guimaraes was on hand to provide it, blasting a long-distance strike beyond Sels between the Forest sticks."
"It looks a powerful challenge on first viewing, and as such the Forest players were up in arms, with their manager clearly less than impressed on the touchline. However, replays showed Guimaraes took the ball first, before his momentum sent him barging into the England attacker, and so VAR did not get involved as those connected to the visitors may have expected."
Nottingham Forest manager Ange Postecoglou appeared frustrated as Bruno Guimaraes scored a long-range goal to give Newcastle the lead at St James' Park. The first half featured few goal-mouth chances and a physical midfield battle with tempers flaring. Guimaraes dispossessed Morgan Gibbs-White before Dan Burn released the ball back to him for the strike. Forest players protested the perceived foul, but replays showed Guimaraes played the ball first and VAR did not intervene. Postecoglou made a triple substitution shortly after going behind, seeking a response as pressure mounted following six games without a win.
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