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Toon Army Lose Again: Newcastle United Suffers Damaging Defeat To Nottingham Forest

Newcastle United’s miserable run in the Premier League in the month of December continued on Boxing Day as the Magpies lost 3-1 to Nottingham Forest at Saint James’ Park.

Australia striker Chris Wood scored thrice against his former club but it was Newcastle that took the lead in the 23rd minute through an Alexander Isak penalty.

Wood however equalised as the first peters out when he tapped home an Antony Elanga cross.

The assist was an atonement of some sorts for Elanga who had wasted a great chance to create a scoring opportunity when he shot wide instead of squaring the ball to his teammate.

Eight minutes into the second half, Forest doubled their lead after a brilliant run and execution from Wood who joined Forest in the summer.

Wood made the first game by manager Nuno Espirinto Santos a memorable one as he rounded Martin Dubravka in the 83rd minute before slotting the ball into the gaping net.

The defeat was the fifth for the Toons in seven games in all competitions this season.

The Toons are seven points adrift of the top four in seventh place after Tuesday’s setback.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.