Premier League: Alexander Isak hat-trick sees Newcastle United thump Ipswich, Nottingham Forest beat Brentford

Alexander Isak hit an impressive treble as Newcastle United thrashed Ipswich Town at Portman Road in a 4-0 win. Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest continued their dream start to the season to end Brentford's unbeaten home record, while Brighton & Hove Albion drew against West Ham United on the road. Earlier, Aston Villa overcame a once again out-of-sorts Manchester City.

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Alexander Isak became only the second Swedish player to net a Premier League hat-trick, after Freddie Ljungberg in 2003, as Newcastle United thumped Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Isak scored his eighth, ninth and 10th goals of the league campaign at Portman Road, while Jacob Murphy also netted in a spectacular 4-0 win for Eddie Howe's side.

The Swede put Newcastle ahead in the first minute with a clever finish, fizzing the ball into the ground with a first-time shot which flew past Ipswich goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and into the roof of the net. His effort was initially chalked off for offside, but following a VAR check, the goal was given.

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Murphy doubled The Magpies' lead after half an hour, with another fierce strike into the roof of the net, before Isak added a third on the stroke of half-time.

He sealed his hat-trick in style in the second half, showing great close control in the penalty box before prodding the ball beyond Muric.

Dan Burn thought he added more gloss to the scoreline with a fifth late on, but his close-range effort was ruled out for offside.

Newcastle have now won three games on the spin in all competitions.

After booking their spot in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, Saturday's victory moved them up to seventh in the Premier League table, where they are just a point behind struggling Manchester City.

Forest end Brentford's unbeaten home record

Heading into Saturday's action, Brentford were unbeaten at the Gtech Community Stadium so far this season with seven wins and a draw, but in-form Nottingham Forest ended that impressive run of form in west London to seal a 2-0 victory.

Ola Aina put the visitors ahead in the first half when he expertly guided the ball into the bottom-left corner with a first-time strike.

Anthony Elanga put Nuno Espirito Santo's side in cruise control with a second after the break, capitalising on some poor Bees defending before driving towards goal and lashing an effort beyond Mark Flekken.

The likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa - who have been electric on home turf this campaign - could not unlock the away defence as Forest claimed the three points.

They are now up to third in the table for the time being, overtaking Arsenal who play Crystal Palace later on Saturday.

West Ham hold Brighton to draw

It ended all square at the London Stadium as West Ham earned a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Mats Wieffer put the visitors ahead on 51 minutes following some poor handling from Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, which led to the Dutch player slotting home.

But The Seagulls' lead did not last long, as Mohammed Kudus followed up Jarrod Bowen's fierce shot to tap home the equaliser.

West Ham missed the chance to put further room between themselves in 14th and the relegation zone, where they now sit eight points above Ipswich in 17th.

As for Brighton, the South Coast side are now unbeaten in five under Fabian Hurzeler.