Newcastle hit three second-half goals to come from behind and beat Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
Forest were on the way to consolidating third position in the Premier League as they led at half-time through Murillo's early header.
But Alexander Isak, Joelinton and Harvey Barnes struck after the break to earn a deserved 3-1 victory and keep Newcastle handily placed in eighth in a hugely condensed league table, which sees seven teams separated by one point.
For Forest, a three-game winning run came to an end with just their second loss of the season and they were left to rue a poor second-half performance as boss Nuno Espirito Santo suffered the customary manager of the month curse after winning October's gong.