Anderson never scored a senior goal for the Magpies after coming through their youth system, but he fired past Nick Pope from a tight angle to snatch a potentially valuable point for Forest, inching them closer to securing their Premier League status.

Forest had started slowly, with Vitor Pereira shuffling his pack in response to Thursday's Europa League exit against Aston Villa and Morgan Gibbs-White still out injured.

The best chance of the first half saw Matz Sels spread himself to block William Osula's drive, and Newcastle started to create chances more regularly after the interval.

Bruno Guimaraes fired off three attempts – one wayward and two saved by Sels – before Osula's free-kick clattered off the crossbar.

It looked like Newcastle had won it in the 74th minute as Jacob Ramsey slipped a through-ball into fellow substitute Harvey Barnes, who lifted his finish over Sels, but Anderson had the final say.

He took in James McAtee's pass and crashed his shot across Pope and into the top-right corner, sustaining a knock in the process, though the England international recovered to see out seven minutes of stoppage time. 

Forest will be mathematically certain of survival after West Ham's loss to Arsenal, while Newcastle can no longer make the top seven, with even its chances of finishing eighth – which could be enough for European football –  slim.