Newcastle show Ange Postecoglou exactly what Tottenham are missing with £63m transfer blueprint
Saturday afternoon was once again another game to forget for Tottenham at St. James' Park. It is never just a slender defeat when Tottenham lose in the north east against Newcastle United.
On the end of an embarrassing 5-1 defeat against the Magpies in May 2016 not long after losing out on the Premier League title to Leicester City, last season saw Eddie Howe's team hit Spurs for six. Tottenham weren't to concede another six this time around but they weren't far off after losing 4-0 in the lunchtime game.
Ange Postecoglou's men were second best all across the pitch and the hosts had ample opportunities throughout the contest to add to the four goals they netted. Opening the scoring through Alexander Isak after Anthony Gordon got the better of Destiny Udogie far too easily, the winger then grabbed a goal for himself two minutes later.
It was very much shades of 12 months earlier as Pedro Porro gifted Gordon the ball and Newcastle scored with their very next attack at a time when TNT Sports had barely finished showing highlights of the first goal. The Tyneside club scored at will in the previous meeting between the sides and it appeared for a moment that lightning could possibly strike twice at Newcastle's home.
Isak then put the game to bed six minutes after the restart with another smart finish, before Fabian Schar added a fourth with an impressive header from Gordon's corner. In terms of the match stats, Newcastle had 18 shots on goal compared to Tottenham's 11 and they registered five of them on target compared to the visitor's two.
The fact Newcastle scored with four of their five shots on target does not reflect well on Tottenham, with the same going for just how easy the goals were for the European contenders. At the
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