What happened between Newcastle United and West Ham at St James’ Park on Saturday will live long in the memory.
The two teams, both still fighting for European qualification in at least some capacity, offered up a Premier League thriller at St James’ Park.
Thankfully of course, it was Newcastle who emerged victorious.
Harvey Barnes is rightly revelling in praise from supporters, Eddie Howe and his teammates following his two late goals to ensure a vital three points but there were so many other standouts.
Lewis Hall and Elliot Anderson both impressed onlookers upon their introductions, while Anthony Gordon played a role in three of the four goals before his red card.
Then, there’s Alexander Isak.
The Sweden striker scored two penalties and later played in a glorious assist to Barnes to get Newcastle back onto level terms at 3-3.
Now, he’s shared what Howe’s team were saying before staging such a thrilling comeback.
Alexander Isak shares message amongst Newcastle squad when losing 3-1 to West Ham
Speaking to reporter Andy Sixsmith after the game (via X, formerly Twitter), Isak said: “One of the best comebacks I’ve ever been a part of.
“At 3-1, we talked about getting one goal and going from there. It was the connection between us and the fans is what won us that; St James’ gives us energy.
“Incredible scenes when Harvey scored – I couldn’t believe it. It’s a big result if we want to make Europe.”
How well did Alexander Isak play for Newcastle against West Ham?
Isak was dropping deep throughout the contest, having recently operated in an attacking midfield role for Sweden over the international break.
The merits of that were certainly obvious when he pulled off that defence-splitting pass for Barnes to score the third.
In many ways, it was the perfect all-round performance from Isak, considering the two spot-kicks too.
According to WhoScored data, he ranked in Newcastle’s top three players for shots (4), shots on target (2) and key passes (2).
Having recently spoken about finally getting back up to full speed following another frustrating season on the injury front, it seems Isak is getting back to something approaching his very best.
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