5-1 v Newcastle United - 3 April 2022 - Home

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Spurs 5

Newcastle United

Newcastle United

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    39'
Details
Match Number

7534

Opposition
Newcastle united

Newcastle United

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2021/22

Date

3rd April 2022

Kick Off

16:30

Venue

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Attendance

57,553

Referee

Martin Atkinson

VAR

Paul Tierney

League Position

4th

Opposition League Position

15th

Opposition Form

WWLDWL

Weather at Kick Off

8.9° - Overcast

Facts & Milestones
  • 7497th overall match (3596 wins, 1633 draws, 2255 losses)

  • 5890th competitive match (2675 wins, 1363 draws, 1852 losses)

  • team

    167th match vs Newcastle United (73 wins, 34 draws, 60 losses)

  • competition

    1144th Premier League match (497 wins, 279 draws, 368 losses)

  • 6840th match in England (3238 wins, 1519 draws, 2070 losses)

  • 88th match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (58 wins, 8 draws, 22 losses)

  • Emerson Royal
    Emerson Royal: First Goal
  • There was 1 change to the starting lineup from the last match.

For STATS Against
14 Crosses 16
10 Throw-ins 9
2 Corners 3
3 Blocks 3
0 Saves 1
10 Fouls 7
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Offsides 4
Report

Tottenham came from behind to comfortably beat Newcastle and moved up to fourth in the Premier League.

Antonio Conte's side leap above north London rivals Arsenal on goal difference, but Mikel Arteta's men have two games in hand including Monday's trip to Crystal Palace.

It didn't start well for the hosts as Magpies defender Fabian Schar curled in a free-kick on 39 minutes, though Hugo Lloris will be disappointed at not keeping the ball out.

Spurs responded on the stroke of half-time through Ben Davies' glancing header from Son Heung-min's sumptuous delivery into the danger area.

Immediately after the break, Spurs turned it around through Matt Doherty's diving header from Harry Kane's cross and they netted their third through Son's clinical finish.

And it got even better on the hour mark when Emerson Royal poked in from close range following excellent build-up play by Doherty - and substitute Steven Bergwijn stroked in late on.

Newcastle had no answer and fell to their third consecutive defeat, leaving them 15th in the table but nine points above the relegation zone.

Spurs are beginning to find form at just the right time in the season, winning five of their past six games in the top flight. The only blemish came against a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Manchester United last month.

Boss Conte has had difficult moments during his tenure, questioning his players and his own capabilities, but his side showed their battling spirit to hit back against Newcastle and have now won 14 points from losing positions - more than any other Premier League team this season.

They should have opened the scoring but Eric Dier curled a free-kick wide and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg headed over from six yards out before the visitors struck.

Centre-back Schar stepped up to send his free-kick around the wall and although goalkeeper Lloris got good contact on the ball, he was unable to palm it out.

But Spurs managed to recover aided by the ever reliable Son, creating the first goal and getting on the scoresheet himself with a cool strike for his ninth goal in his last nine games at home.

Son's goal was created by January signing Dejan Kulusevski, who continues to impress since his arrival from Juventus, while fellow winter acquisition Rodrigo Bentancur looks to be a pass master in the middle of the park, with an accuracy of 90%.

Both are spearheading Tottenham's charge towards Europe's elite competition with eight games left to play.

Bergwijn came on and ran through to net Spurs' fifth and inflict defeat on Newcastle, whose form has dropped off after a run of nine games without defeat.

But that sequence of results may well be enough for Eddie Howe's men to secure their Premier League status, with five further out-of-form teams battling it out for survival behind them.

Timeline
Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester city
30 23 4 3 70 18 52 73
2
Liverpool
30 22 6 2 77 20 57 72
3
Chelsea
29 17 8 4 58 23 35 59
4
Arsenal
28 17 3 8 44 31 13 54
5
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
29 16 3 10 47 36 11 51
6
Manchester united
30 14 9 7 49 41 8 51
7
Wolverhampton wanderers
31 15 4 12 33 27 6 49
8
West ham united
30 14 6 10 49 39 10 48
9
Leicester city
28 10 7 11 43 47 -4 37
10
Aston villa
30 11 3 16 42 42 0 36
11
Southampton
30 8 12 10 37 46 -9 36
12
Crystal palace
29 7 13 9 39 38 1 34
13
Brighton hove albion
30 7 13 10 26 36 -10 34
14
Brentford
31 9 6 16 37 48 -11 33
15
Newcastle united
29 7 10 12 32 49 -17 31
16
Leeds united
31 7 9 15 35 68 -33 30
17
Everton
27 7 4 16 29 47 -18 25
18
Watford
30 6 4 20 29 57 -28 22
19
Burnley
28 3 12 13 22 40 -18 21
20
Norwich city
30 4 6 20 18 63 -45 18
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester city
30 23 4 3 70 18 52 73
2
Liverpool
30 22 6 2 77 20 57 72
3
Chelsea
29 17 8 4 58 23 35 59
4
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
30 17 3 10 52 37 15 54
5
Arsenal
29 17 3 9 44 34 10 54
6
West ham united
31 15 6 10 51 40 11 51
7
Manchester united
30 14 9 7 49 41 8 51
8
Wolverhampton wanderers
31 15 4 12 33 27 6 49
9
Crystal palace
30 8 13 9 42 38 4 37
10
Leicester city
28 10 7 11 43 47 -4 37
11
Aston villa
30 11 3 16 42 42 0 36
12
Southampton
30 8 12 10 37 46 -9 36
13
Brighton hove albion
30 7 13 10 26 36 -10 34
14
Brentford
31 9 6 16 37 48 -11 33
15
Newcastle united
30 7 10 13 33 54 -21 31
16
Leeds united
31 7 9 15 35 68 -33 30
17
Everton
28 7 4 17 30 49 -19 25
18
Watford
30 6 4 20 29 57 -28 22
19
Burnley
28 3 12 13 22 40 -18 21
20
Norwich city
30 4 6 20 18 63 -45 18
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