Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: Alexander Isak scores winner as Ange Postecoglou's side suffer further frustration
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The Newcastle revival rolls on, gathering momentum with another victory and sharpening their Champions League credentials once again. Into the new year with the same hot form as Alexander Isak extended his goal spree, claiming the winner. It was not his finest, scuffed into an open goal from a couple of yards but he has 14 for the season and has scored in each of his last seven Premier League games.
![[Isak netted what proved to be the decisive goal of the game in the 38th minute]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735273-14249719-image-a-17_1735999620341.jpg)
His goals have fuelled Newcastle’s rise up the table and Eddie Howe, overlooked for the England job, can take satisfaction from this, his sixth win in a row, achieved in front of Thomas Tuchel, who was starting his new job with a ticket in the VIP seats.
![[There was further frustration for Ange Postecoglou as his Tottenham side were beaten]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735349-14249719-image-a-18_1735999627299.jpg)
Tuchel once said Tottenham were his favourite English team. He liked the name, apparently, but all Spurs fans continue to suffer. For them, a new year has brought more of the same old problems. Only worse. On top of a crisis of injuries which shows no sign of yielding there, Ange Postecoglou was missing players who had fallen to a sickness bug in the camp.
![[Dominic Solanke celebrates after he gave Tottenham the lead with just four minutes gone]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735363-14249719-image-a-19_1735999707384.jpg)
They are dropping like flies. Fraser Forster was bedridden leaving Brandon Austin to make his debut in goal. Radu Dragusin did not make it out for the second half leaving Spurs without a recognised centre half on the pitch. Alexander Isak scored the winner as Newcastle came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1.
![[Tottenham's lead only lasted two minutes before Anthony Gordon equalised for Newcastle]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735377-14249719-image-a-20_1735999780029.jpg)
Isak netted what proved to be the decisive goal of the game in the 38th minute. There was further frustration for Ange Postecoglou as his Tottenham side were beaten. On top of which, Postecoglou chose to start with captain Heung-min Son and vice-captain James Maddison on the bench.
![[Brandon Austin made his Tottenham debut with Fraser Forster missing out due to illness]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735401-14249719-image-a-21_1735999901972.jpg)
