Tottenham player ratings vs Newcastle - Son and Bissouma struggle with Porro poor before injury
Tottenham fell to a 4-0 defeat at Newcastle in the Premier League at St James' Park on Saturday.
Ange Postecoglou made one change to his team to face Eddie Howe's side in the early lunch-time kick-off with Rodrigo Bentancur replacing Pape Matar Sarr after the Uruguayan impressed during the second half of Tottenham's 3-1 victory against Nottingham Forest the previous weekend.
Spurs had the opportunity to put some pressure on Aston Villa if they could have got a positive result at St James' Park on Saturday, with Unai Emery's side making the trip to Arsenal on Sunday. To do so though, the north London outfit had try to succeed at the scene of a horrendous Tottenham performance last season.
Almost 12 months ago, under the stewardship of Cristian Stellini, they fell apart in a dismal 6-1 defeat, with Newcastle scoring three goals within the first nine minutes and netting five within 21. With Postecoglou at the helm, Spurs did gain revenge this season with a 4-1 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham had some early chances but made a complete mess of things midway through the first half to gift Newcastle two goals within two minutes. First Destiny Udogie was dispossessed by Anthony Gordon and he played in Alexander Isak to rifle in a low shot. Then not long after the kick off, Pedro Porro sliced a clearance back into the Spurs box and it flew straight to Gordon to score. On both occasions Micky van de Ven slipped as he tried to get in a block.
The score became 3-0 after the break with a ball over the top from Bruno Guimaraes into the path of Isak to fire home.
Spurs struggled to find anything in response and a fourth goal came for Newcastle late on. They had been threatening to score from a set piece and they duly
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