Football aficionados compare Super Eagles star to Dennis Bergkamp

Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Dennis showed shades of Dennis Bergkamp with his sublime chipped finish following Sven Botman's error.

Dennis, 25, latched onto the end of Botman's weak passback to Nick Pope before chipping Nottingham Forest into the lead.

With goalie Nick Pope unable to prevent the chip strike from going in

The Nigerian forward's goal came against the run of play with Newcastle having the lion's share of possession and shots.

But it took just one long ball to throw the Toon defence into disarray as Forest pressure saw them force an error from Botman.

Viewers rushed to social media to comment on the costly error.

One user said: "STUNNING DENNIS GOAL ????❤️ Amazing chip from Forest forward. The audacity of the idea.

"The perfection of the execution. A modern Dennis... Bergkamp?"

A second said: "Great assist from Sven Botman ????."

A furious fantasy team boss declared: "Botman robbed of the assist."

"I only have Botman for his goal threat anyway," admitted a fourth.

A fifth commented: "Botman assist at the wrong end of the pitch."

Newcastle managed to produce a comeback thanks to Alexander Isak, who scored in injury time of the first and second halves.

It came as Toon were controversially disallowed a goal for offside after Sean Longstaff had the ball booted against him by a Forest defender.

The win puts Eddie Howe's men one point off the top four, while Steve Cooper's side remain just two points above the drop.