Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Newcastle United 1 | OneFootball

Former United winger Yankuba Minteh's deflected effort had given the Seagulls a first half lead at the Amex Stadium.

But after seeing two penalties overturned following VAR intervention, it proved third time lucky for the Magpies as Isak netted from the spot late on to earn a share of the spoils against Fabian Hürzeler's team.

The visitors enjoyed much of the ball early on and posed a threat going forwards. Harvey Barnes, coming off the left flank, clipped a shot across goal which Bart Verbruggen got a fingertip to, before the Dutch goalkeeper palmed away a dangerous Jacob Murphy cross with Bruno Guimarães lurking at the near post.

Another burst down the left led to Joe Willock taking aim with the outside of his right foot but his effort just cleared the crossbar, and just before the half hour - and somewhat against the run of play - Brighton took the lead. Winger Minteh picked up possession on the right of the United box and jinked inside both Tino Livramento and Sandro Tonali before finding the far corner with a shot that took a slight deflection off former Seagulls defender Dan Burn on its way in.

A flowing move involving Barnes and Isak led to captain Guimarães testing Verbruggen from the edge of the box before the break, and Barnes' direct running in the first minute of the second period almost brought a big chance, but his cutback evaded his teammates as they poured forwards looking for a leveller.

An important intervention from Kieran Trippier prevented Danny Welbeck from getting on the end of Minteh's inswinging cross as Brighton, driven by the tireless Carlos Baleba in midfield, looked to extend their advantage. They could have been reduced to ten men when Mats Wieffer avoided a second yellow card after a clumsy challenge on Tonali and just before the hour, the hosts were fortunate that Tariq Lamptey felled fellow substitute Anthony Gordon right on the edge of the box and not just in it, as referee Craig Pawson had thought as he signalled for a penalty - a call that was reasonably swiftly amended following a VAR check.

Tonali and Fabian Schär both threatened from the resulting free kick but the Seagulls held firm, despite the extra energy injected by Gordon's arrival in place of Jacob Murphy. It was a much more purposeful second half from Howe's men but they struggled to pick the lock, and saw another Pawson penalty decision - awarded following Jan Paul van Hecke's challenge on Willock - overturned, with the United man going in the book instead.

It was beginning to look like it just wouldn't be Newcastle's day by the time Minteh forced a smart stop from Nick Pope with just over ten minutes left. Gordon then fired over but with four minutes left, Pawson gave the visitors another penalty, and this time his decision stood. Schär's free kick was blocked by the arm of Yacin Ayari, and Isak remained typically cool to fire home from the spot and rescue a point for the Magpies.

They could even have won it in added time, too, when Callum Wilson's thumping effort looked destined for the roof of the net before Verbruggen's instinctive stop prevented a last-gasp turnaround.