Newcastle took a 5-0 lead against Tottenham in 21 minutes and won the match by as much as 6-1. The defeat was a hard blow to Tottenham’s dreams of a place in the Champions League.
A confusing performance was seen in the English Premier League, when the meeting between Newcastle and Tottenham, who are fighting for the places in the Champions League, ended with a 6-1 crushing victory for Newcastle.
as Tottenham’s interim head coach Antonio Conte functional after kicks Cristian Stellini tried a four-back line that the team had not used since January 2022. The experiment did not go as planned.
Playing at their home stadium, St. James’ Park, Newcastle jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 21 minutes.
Jacob Murphy opened the goal taps immediately in the second minute. Joelinton made it 2–0 in the sixth minute and Murphy struck again with nine minutes on the clock. Swedish striker Alexander Isak hit twice in the 19th and 21st minutes of the game.
Newcastle’s goal bombardment is the second fastest five-goal lead in Premier League history. Manchester City racked up the same numbers in 18 minutes against Watford in September 2019.
“Newcastle are great, as they have been all season. Tottenham are an absolute disgrace. The way they play with four backs for the first time this season and use a wing pack Pedro Porroawho cannot defend and Ivan Perisic, which is a pier. Get a proper head coach, not Conte’s friend, a football commentator Jamie Carragher teased on Twitter.
Tottenham’s star goalkeeper Hugo Lloris left the match at halftime due to injury. In the second half, he took care of the defense responsibility Fraser Foster. Tottenham Harry Kane the 24th goal of the season in the 49th minute was a small consolation for the Londoners, because Callum Wilson hit Final scores 6–1 twenty minutes before the final whistle.
The last time Newcastle won the match by five goals was in January 2011, when they beat West Ham by the same number. The last time Tottenham lost by the same number was in December 2013, when Liverpool thrashed them 5–0.
– This is really embarrassing. First, we have to apologize to the supporters. Our game was not good. We couldn’t match the performance of the Newcastle players. The first half of the match went by us, Lloris said.
– If you go to a football match without wanting to show aggression or win duels, playing becomes difficult. We cannot hide behind our team’s problems. We are players and professionals. Today there were shortcomings in every area, Lloris whipped his own.
The defeat was a hard blow to the Champions League dreams of Tottenham, who lost the previous match to Bournemouth. The London team is six points behind Manchester United in the last UCL spot. In addition, United have two games less to play. Newcastle, on the other hand, came third in the series with equal points with United.