Newcastle v Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Isak and Gordon star in big win
Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham: The Magpies soared back into the Premier League top six with a dominant victory
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Alexander Isak smashed his way through the 20-goal barrier as Newcastle United boosted their European hopes by denting those of Tottenham Hotspur.
The Magpies’ £63m record signing produced two sumptuous finishes either side of Anthony Gordon’s strike to take his tally for the campaign to 21 before Fabian Schar’s thunderous late header secured a 4-0 win at St James’ Park.
It was their third victory in four Premier League outings and ended fourth-placed Spurs’ three-match unbeaten run, and while it might not have been as spectacular as last season’s 6-1 rout in the corresponding fixture, it was equally emphatic.
Head coach Eddie Howe once again set up his team to suck in the visitors and then hit them on the break, and the plan worked to perfection on an day defender Micky van de Ven in particular will want to forget quickly as he was sat down for both first-half goals.
Relive all the action below:
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
41 mins: Dubravka almost gives Spurs a way back into the game after he fails to collect the long ball and ends up in no man’s land, but Schar does well to intervene and prevent the shot on an open goal.
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
38 mins: Barnes plays a lovely clipped ball over to Isak, but he can’t bring it down before Vicario collects it.
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
36 mins: CLOSE! Lovely again from Isak. Barnes plays it into him and he lets it run across his body, taking the defender out the game before he hits it. It’s blocked by the sliding challenge and Newcastle have a corner. You could argue that should’ve been 3-0.
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
34 mins: Not sure if it’s van de Ven’s studs or poor decision-making, but that’s really poor defending twice in two minutes. Newcastle are flying now.
Gordon swings in a corner and Dan Burn gets his head to it, but it’s over.
GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
32 mins: A torrid couples of minutes for van de Ven.
Pedro Porro plays a horrible backpass and Gordon intercepts it in the box. He cuts inside van de Ven, who’s sent to the floor for the second time in as many minutes, and Gordon rifles it past Vicario into the far corner!
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham
30 mins: GOAL! That’s some lovely play from Isak.
Anthony Gordon picks up the ball on halfway, shrugs off Udogie and threads a pass through to Isak. He cuts inside van de Ven and slots it home!
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
27 mins: Newcastle can’t make anything of the free-kick, and Spurs win possession again, but Maddison can’t find Son on the break.
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
25 mins: Gordon is the victim of a cynical foul for the third time in 25 minutes, and van de Ven gets the first booking of the day!
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
24 mins: Spurs have certainly been dominant so far here, though only one real clear-cut chance to report so far. Newcastle are struggling to play out from the back at times.
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
21 mins: Newcastle’s attack has just lacked a little bit of cohesion. Harvey Barnes is the latest to make a mistake as he tries to lay it off to Anderson.
Spurs try to counter but Burn fouls Maddison. No yellow again!
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