The most successful Swedish goalscorer

He thus surpassed Fredrik Ljungberg

Alexander Isak has written himself into the history books as the most successful Swedish scorer in the Premier League. With two goals in two minutes against Nottingham Forest, he secured three important points for Newcastle and thereby surpassed Fredrik Ljungberg in the prestigious statistics. After two goalless matches, the Swedish forward was back on the scoresheet. The first goal came after a VAR review of a handball, where the referee pointed to the penalty spot after just over half an hour played. Isak stepped up and coolly placed the ball in the middle of the goal, giving Newcastle a 3–1 lead. – I had already decided to put it in the middle. The goal counts, the rest doesn't matter, Isak told Sky Sports. Just under two minutes later, it was time again. Isak finished with his left foot, via a defender, and extended the lead to 4–1. Before this, Newcastle had overturned an early deficit after quick goals by Lewis Miley and Jacob Murphy. Nottingham Forest reduced the lead in the final stages, but never really came close to threatening Newcastle's victory. – We had a brilliant first half. The reaction after conceding a goal was really good. In the second half, we dropped a bit and conceded unnecessary goals, but I'm happy about the win, says Isak. When he was substituted in the 87th minute, he could celebrate both three points, his 50th Premier League goal, and being Sweden's top scorer in the league. With his 18th and 19th goals for the season, he now shares second place in the goal-scoring chart with Erling Haaland from Manchester City. – It was an important win. We want to win more comfortably, but this was the most important thing, says Isak after the match.