Alexander Isak stars as Newcastle put four past Tottenham

It was their third victory in 4 Premier League outings and ended fourth-placed Spurs’ three-match unbeaten run, and whereas it may not have been as spectacular as final season’s 6-1 rout within the corresponding fixture, it was equally emphatic.

Head coach Eddie Howe as soon as once more arrange his crew to suck within the guests after which hit them on the break, and the plan labored to perfection on an day defender Micky van de Ven particularly will wish to overlook shortly.

With each units of gamers carrying black armbands in reminiscence of former Newcastle boss and Tottenham defender Joe Kinnear, who died final weekend, Gordon induced early issues and Elliot Anderson had a third-minute header blocked at supply as Spurs discovered themselves beneath stress.

Nonetheless, they quickly settled and turned the Magpies with seven minutes gone when Rodrigo Bentancur put Brennan Johnson in behind Dan Burn, though Timo Werner was unable to regulate shortly sufficient to volley his cross in direction of purpose.

The guests seemed menacing and Magpies keeper Martin Dubravka was relieved to see Werner shoot straight at team-mate Son Heung-min after the South Korea worldwide had picked out the striker with a advantageous go earlier than persevering with his run.

Dubravka loved one other escape with 18 minutes gone when Werner side-footed wastefully throughout purpose from James Maddison’s inviting cut-back.

Nevertheless it was the hosts who took the lead on the half-hour later when Gordon robbed Future Udogie and slid the ball into Isak, who sat Van de Ven down earlier than firing firmly previous keeper Guglielmo Vicario.

Newcastle’s pleasure was doubled inside two minutes when full-back Pedro Porro tried to play Burn’s header again to Vicario and Gordon intercepted earlier than rounding the hapless Van de Ven as he went to floor as soon as once more and beating the keeper.

Van de Ven did intervene to stop Isak from changing Anderson’s Thirty fifth-minute through-ball after which once more as he went for purpose two minutes later, and Vicario managed to pluck the ball off the Sweden worldwide’s toe as he managed Harvey Barnes’ advantageous cross with the Londoners in tatters on the again.

Maddison pressured Dubravka right into a Forty second-minute save from distance on the finish of a sustained interval of stress, however Isak glanced a Gordon nook extensive with Howe’s males refusing to sit down on their laurels.

Werner examined Dubravka considerably additional inside six minutes of the restart, however Newcastle elevated their lead seconds later when Isak ran away from Van de Ven to gather Bruno Guimaraes’ inch-perfect ball excessive and drill a shot previous Vicario.

Vicario parried an Anderson shot at his close to put up and Maddison blazed excessive over on the different finish with the Magpies managing their lead in relative consolation regardless of seeing little of the ball, and so they completed with a flourish when Schar powered Gordon’s 87th-minute nook dwelling to make it 4-0.