TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR have done it again.
New coach? Vérifier. De new players? Check. Demolished in St James’ Park?Of course.
Alexander Isak takes the score to 3⃣ -0⃣21 and that counts this season. . . ?? @tntsports
Beaten here 6-1 last year, it was Ange Postecoglou’s turn to leave Tyneside in the blue jersey.
The stunned Aussie couldn’t watch as his Champions League chasing look crumbled in the face of the toughest defeat of his reign.
Put on a Spurs kit at St James and they still won’t be able to disintegrate.
Newcastle started the mutilation with two first-half goals in 95 seconds and the despicable north of London never recovered.
If you’re looking for the worst individual performance of the season, look no further than Micky van de Ven.
The defender screamed in the first 3 goals, he was not the only culprit.
Alexander Isak, Toon’s hero, scored a brace to bring the score to 17 goals from Prem for the crusade and seven in his last seven.
Anthony Gordon, the other chief executioner, won his tenth of the season and led Tottenham to shreds all afternoon ahead of England manager Gareth Southgate.
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These are back-to-back wins for the first time since December, leaving a Europa League spot (just a few weeks ago) within reach.
Sorry, Spurs have won two of their last 10 away games.
And after inflating their lines in impressive fashion, nervous enthusiasts will now cheer on Arsenal against Aston Villa to keep their Champions League dream alive.
It didn’t take long for a sense of déjà vu to take over the sun. . . And to think that they had done it so brilliantly.
Timo Werner had the first chance after Brennan Johnson played Dan Burn down the right and put him on a platter at the far post, but the German dodged his volley midway through Gallowgate.
He then threw six yards through James Maddison, only to knock him completely off the left post.
Werner had more chances than the maximum to squander big chances, and those came with a heavy load when Newcastle scored two goals in the blink of an eye after 30 minutes.
The Geordies were content to sit back and fight back, with Gordon threatening every time he was given.
Alexander Isak Newcastle leads! ? These are 2⃣0⃣ goals for the season! ?? @tntsports
And Scouse’s winger created the former, beating Destiny Uganie’s weaklings to grab on to Bruno Guimaraes’ floating ball and feed Isak.
The fiery striker did the rest, cutting to leave Van de Ven with his back to him before firing in.
As if this wasn’t embarrassing enough, the same thing happened to the unfortunate Dutch defender 95 seconds later.
The Spurs temporarily lost ownership from kick-off and Pedro Porro carelessly hooked it directly to Gordon, who with his back left the calamitous Van de Ven in a pile and drove in Vicario.
Tottenham were 5-0 down after just 21 minutes here last season, so there is some improvement.
But the self-destruct button had been pressed again, with disastrous consequences for their hopes of winning the Champions League.
Fabian Schar returns home for the fourth of the afternoon in Newcastle!? The win puts Eddie Howe’s team in sixth place. . . ?? @tntsports
The defense was all over the position and they were lucky not to be too much at half-time.
The words of a furious Postecoglou at half-time had no effect, as they temporarily found themselves dead and buried at 3-0.
And Van de Ven is STILL to blame. Supposedly the fastest centre-back in the Prem, Isak left him dead halfway to run with a long ball from Bruno.
As he made his way to the finish line, Vicario remained strangely entrenched in his line, making life so simple for Isak as he had all the time on the aggregate to pick his position and bury him.
Ange sounded the changes with a triple sub, but it was too little, too late.
Their population is well beaten and it soon became apparent that the Mags might fit or even more hammer last year in the latter part of the hour.
Luckily for Spurs, the hosts took their foot off the gas: there was still time to make one more.
Emil Krafth came close to fourth place with a volley that crashed off the post.
And just as the Toon Army was satisfied with its lot as it gazed at celebratory pints at the Bigg Market, Fabian Schar gave the impression of nodding in a brilliantly crafted corner.
“I’m satisfied, but there’s still a lot to paint” ?Anthony Gordon talks about his goalscoring form, Alexander Isak and Newcastle’s 4-0 win over Tottenham. . . ?️ @julesbreach pic. twitter. com/SFwC091Ioq
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