Tottenham 5-1 Newcastle United (Davies 43′, Doherty 48′, Son 54′, Emerson 63′, Bergwijn 83′ | Schar 39′)
Tottenham rose to 4th in the Premier League with an emphatic thumping of Newcastle that piled the pressure on their rivals in the race for the last Champions League spot.
Arsenal need to win away at Crystal Palace on Monday night to displace their North London rivals, though Mikel Arteta’s men do have two games in hand.
After a patient start in which Spurs penned in their opponents without creating any gilt-edge chances, it was Newcastle who could have taken the lead on 22 minutes through Joe Willock but for a vital last-ditch Cristian Romero block.
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Spurs (3-4-3)
- Lloris – 6
- Romero – 6
- Dier – 7
- Davies – 8
- Emerson – 7
- Bentancur – 7
- Hojbjerg – 6
- Doherty – 9
- Kulusevski – 8
- Kane – 8
- Son – 9
Subs:
- Gollini – N/A
- Rodon – N/A
- Sanchez – N/A
- Bowden – N/A
- White – N/A
- Winks – 6
- Bergwijn – 7
- Moura – 6
- Scarlett – N/A
Newcastle (4-3-3)
- Dubravka – 5
- Manquillo – 5
- Schar – 6
- Burn – 4
- Targett – 5
- Willock – 6
- Shelvey – 5
- Joelinton – 5
- Fraser – 5
- Wood – 4
- Saint-Maximin – 5
Subs:
- Darlow – N/A
- Dummett – N/A
- Krafth – N/A
- Lascelles – 6
- Murphy – 6
- Ritchie – N/A
- Guimaraes – 6
- Longstaff – N/A
- Gayle – N/A
The chance did little to arrest Spurs’ dominance but Newcastle continued to deny the hosts, taking advantage in superb style on 39 minutes when centre-half Fabian Schar curled a free kick through Hugo Lloris’ gloves for 1-0.
It proved to be a brief lead, however, and parity was restored just four minutes later when Son Heung-min picked up a cleared corner and delivered for Ben Davies to glance home from close range.
Spurs came out of the traps flying after half-time and soon took the lead when an unmarked Matt Doherty ghosted in at the back post to get on the end of a Harry Kane delivery.
Kane was pivotal again minutes later when two became three, playing in Dejan Kulusevski down the right-hand side. The Swedish squared it for Son who took a touch and fired home.
The game was then put to bed in the 63rd minute when Emerson Royal scored his first goal for the club. A neat one-two from Doherty and Kulusevski had freed space for the former to deliver the ball, and Emerson made no mistake from six yards.
Newcastle knew they were beaten and rounded off a dismal second half display by conceding a fifth.
Substitute Steven Bergwijn broke free on a quick counter-attack and coolly slotted beyond Dubravka into the bottom corner.
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