After a blistering start to the match, Newcastle beat Tottenham this Sunday by 6-1, for the 32nd round of the English Championship. The rout at St. James’ Park secured 3rd place in the table for Newcastle, who overtook the Manchester United.
With two goals from Jacob Murphy, two from Alexander Isak and one from Joelinton, the hosts opened up a five-goal lead before the 21st minute. Newcastle’s intense pace combined with Tottenham’s apathetic posture liquidated the result early on in the match. Callum Wilson extended the rout in the second half, while Harry Kane scored for the visitors.
The game
Murphy opened the scoring in the first minute of the match, after taking advantage of Joelinton’s finishing rebound. At five minutes, defender Schar made a long throw to find Joelinton free invading the area. The Brazilian was cool to dribble past goalkeeper Lloris and send it to the net.
At eight, the Newcastle team disarmed Tottenham in the attacking field again and Murphy risked a long shot. The attempt took Lloris by surprise and the French goalkeeper didn’t even move to try to save the ball, which only stopped in the back of the goal.
Afterwards, Harry Kane had the opportunity to score and put the Spurs back in the match, but squandered the chance. In the 18th minute, Tottenham suffered a counterattack, Maximin launched from a trivela for Isak to come out face to face with the goal and hit a shot in the corner to enlarge.
Moments after the end of the celebration of the fourth goal, Newcastle scored the fifth. After the table on the right side, Isak received it in the area and kicked it across, with no chance of defense for the goalkeeper.
On the return of the break, Tottenham caretaker manager Cristian Stellini sacked Lloris and replaced him with goalkeeper Fraser Forster. At three minutes of the second half, Kane started on the left side, dribbled the marking and kicked cross with his left leg to reduce. In the 23rd minute, Almirón risked a submission in the area and Wilson took advantage of the rebound to close the rout by 6-1.
position in the table
Despite the difference in performances in this Sunday’s game, the duel was between the 4th and 5th placed in the Premier League. With the elastic result, Newcastle rose to 3rd place in the table, with 59 points, surpassing Manchester United, which has a pending game. Tottenham, on the other hand, is in 5th place, with 53 points.
At the same time as Newcastle vs Tottenham, Bournemouth and West Ham also clashed for the 32nd round. The result of this match was also a rout. At the Vitality stadium, West Ham won 4-0 with goals from Antonio, Paquetá, Rice and Fornals.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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