The gap between 10th and fourth place is just five points and third-place Forest is just three points above that mess. Only two spots are close to settled and all of this is happening with traditional powers Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United not even sniffing the top-seven picture.

Newcastle United scored four goals in 11 first-half minutes to keep alive their Champions League qualification hopes with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Nottingham Forest at St James’ Park on Sunday but had to hold on under heavy pressure in the second period.

Newcastle United have won 13 of their last 16 games in all competitions (L3). Since the first match of this run on December 14th, it is the most wins by any Premier League side. Alexander Isak scored his 49th and 50th Premier League goals, making him the highest scoring Swedish player in the competition's history, overtaking Freddie Ljungberg (48).