Newcastle United 4-0 Tottenham: Alexander Isak double secures victory

Alexander Isak’s wealthy goalscoring kind at St James’ Park continued as Newcastle beat Tottenham to spice up their hopes of European soccer subsequent season.

The striker now has 17 targets in 24 Premier League appearances this season.

Anthony Gordan and Fabian Schar have been additionally heading in the right direction for the Magpies, whereas Timo Werner had two possibilities for Spurs however his ending let him down.

Newcastle’s emphatic victory lifted them as much as sixth within the desk – above Manchester United, who drew 2-2 with Bournemouth, on aim distinction.

Spurs dropped to fifth, under Aston Villa on aim distinction.

Isak the newest in lineage of Newcastle strikers

From Alan Shearer and Andrew Cole to Malcolm Macdonald and Jackie Milburn, Newcastle’s followers have lengthy held a particular affinity for a goalscoring striker.

Isak might have the quantity 14 emblazoned on the again of his shirt, however the Sweden striker is minimize from the identical fabric as names usually related to the fabled quantity 9.

Within the Premier League period, solely two males have scored in additional successive video games than Isak – Shearer (15) and Cole (eight) – to underline why he’ll rapidly set up himself as a hero on Tyneside.

The double he scored on this one-sided victory over Spurs underlined his ending prowess as Newcastle left the guests dazed within the spring sunshine.

Isak opened the scoring after he obtained the ball from Gordon, minimize inside, then powerfully struck a low shot into nook of the web.

The aim was the primary scored since Newcastle launched “sound shirts” which permit deaf followers to really feel the noise of St James’ Park.

Newcastle captain Dan Burn used signal language to say “love the followers” in the course of the celebrations that adopted Isak’s strike.

Gordon added a second after he latched on to Pedro Porro’s miscued clearance, earlier than Isak successfully made the factors protected after the interval.

The 24-year-old initially seemed to be offside when he burst by way of on aim, opened up his physique and steered the ball previous Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

However Isak had timed his run, from inside his personal half, to perfection earlier than he produced an ice-cool end.

A hat-trick evaded Isak – Schar added a fourth with a header from a Gordon nook – however he was firmly the title on the lips of these streaming out of the Gallowgate Finish on the full-time whistle.

Werner’s woes as Spurs wrestle

Tottenham had failed to search out the web in solely one in all their previous 43 league matches earlier than this encounter.

There was a variety of promise in patches of their attacking play within the opening third of the sport.

Newcastle’s defenders did a nice job of stymying the effectiveness of Son Heung-min, which left a participant with 15 targets and 9 assists this season a peripheral determine.

Nevertheless, two nice possibilities did come the best way of Germany ahead Werner within the first half when the match was nonetheless a contest.

Werner lifted a volley excessive over the crossbar from a Brennan Johnson cross when he might need been higher positioned to go the ball.

The 28-year-old – on mortgage with Spurs from RB Leipzig – additionally scuffed a shot contained in the penalty space when effectively positioned.

Failure to capitalise on their possibilities, and a few slipshod defending, resulted in a chastening defeat for Tottenham.

It was undoubtedly a setback for his or her Champions League hopes, even when supervisor Ange Postecoglou has being doing a lot to minimize expectation.

With Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester Metropolis to play in 4 of their subsequent 5 video games, Spurs must be extra medical to complete within the prime 4.