Tottenham vs Newcastle

Tottenham host Newcastle on Sunday afternoon as they look to bounce back from their defeat to Manchester United.Antonio Conte's side were domi.

- Tottenham have lost two of their last four Premier League games (W2), as many as they had in their previous 21. - Tottenham have won each of their last eight Premier League home games, scoring 22 goals and conceding five. He’s created 4+ chances in three different games already this season, with Moussa Sissoko the last Newcastle player to do so in more matches in a single campaign (5 in 2015-16). - Newcastle’s Miguel Almirón has scored five goals in 11 Premier League games this season, already his best return in a single campaign. You can also listen via the [talkSPORT app,](https://talksport.com/listen/) on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. “All Premier League games are very difficult.

Will Tottenham get back to winning ways when they welcome Newcastle to north London this afternoon? Join Daniel Harris to find out.

Pretty much every time Spurs have faced decent opposition this season, they’ve been outplayed – by Chelsea, though they sneaked a draw at the end, by Arsenal and by Manchester United – and in general, play a reactive style that’s hard to watch in and of itself, never mind when you peruse the talent available to make that not so. Ivan Perisic, Yves Bissouma and Richarlison are decent players just as Djed Spence is a decent prospect, but even at the time, it looked like more than £100m spent turning a team able to contest the Champions League places but no more into a team still able to contest the Champions League places but no more. Football – and modern life – and the human psyche – love a crisis. It’s very hard not to watch the teams who’ve beaten Spurs this season and think hmm, managers on the way up and at the cutting edge, versus a manager past his best, from whom the game is getting away. He squares to Skipp who pokes one more to Son, and Son dips inside his man then lands a curler onto the roof of the net. 14 min The question, of course, is how you do that – does a midfielder stick on him or does a centre-back go with him. But Royal does brilliantly to stay close without giving away a foul, so that when Big Joe, as Steve Bruce knew him, swings back his leg to shoot, he boots Royal, the two fall together, and the upshot is a corner – which comes to nowt. 17 min This is a decent game, both teams looking to get the ball forward. 23 min Skipp breaks ahead of play and Bentancur, out on the right, turns to slide him a decent pass down the line. 20 min Dier takes the ball and goes short, gets ball a pass he doesn’t want and, looking for Lloris, instead punches past the far post. The ball then moves over to Sessegnon, who drags a shot that earns a corner via two defelections, Spurs’ first of the game … He misses and wears a little kick from Lenglet, one of those that outside the box might be a foul but inside it, isn’t one you’d feel comfy awarding a penalty for.

Newcastle man gets a volley away, but, on the follow-through connects hard with the studs of a Spurs defender – didn't see who. Spurs sportingly kick the ...

For sure Newcastle also needed a bit of time but they have the potential to go into the market - and they did this also this summer - to become one of the best teams in England. Every game in the Premier League is different but we have a way we want to play. “We know with the club the difficulties of the season. Just one defeat for them in the league so far, to Liverpool during their first false dawn of the season in August. We have two days to recover well because on Wednesday we have a vital game in the Champions League and continue to have injuries. Newcastle fortunate not to be behind, but a sucker punch is not out of the question. Have to do better than that to trouble the best defence in the Premier League. Striking then, five months on from that humbling, to look at the lineups and wonder if Newcastle have the edge? We are trying to build something important but to do this we need time to improve the quality of the squad to play in two important competitions like the Premier League and Champions League. He’s given his heart and soul to the club and I think that’s one of his best performances.” They look well-coached, and this deserved away victory at a big six club felt like the planting of a flag. Most telling was their marshalling of the game in a fervid atmosphere during the second half.

Newcastle United's impressive early season form continues to gather momentum with a superb win at Tottenham which lifts them up into fourth in the Premier ...

- Shots - 18Karius - 13Targett - 24Almirón - 25Tanganga - 14Perisic - 11Gil - 2Doherty - 10Kane - 38Bissouma - 15Dier - 1Lloris

First-half goals by Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron -- both aided by mistakes from Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris -- put Newcastle in control after Tottenham had ...

"It was a big win. Lloris was favourite to deal with a long ball when he came out of his goal but failed to clear it and collided with Wilson, who then calmly chipped the ball into an unguarded net with Lloris and his team mates furious. They stay third with 23 points from 12 games.

Harry Kane reduced the deficit but first-half strikes from Callum Wilson and Miguel Almirón were enough to give Newcastle a 2-1 win at Tottenham.

“We have to finish this period of games and then in January we’ll see where we are.” “I had every right to go for the ball,” Wilson said, with just cause. A lengthy VAR delay and a skirmish in which Rodrigo Bentancur went close to losing his head did not rule out the goal. These are early days but Yves Bissouma’s best performance at the Tottenham stadium in 2022 remains as a Brighton player in his former team’s 1-0 April win.Newcastle may have the best goals‑against record in the division but they had not come to defend. Draws with the Manchester clubs, being unlucky losers at Liverpool and this result suggest a team here to stay. With winnable fixtures against Aston Villa and Southampton before a pre-World Cup showdown with Chelsea, Newcastle can be solidly in the Champions League shakeup when they head off for that Saudi winter training camp taken for “football reasons”.