Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle - PLAYER RATINGS: Which Spurs starter is given 4.5 after doing nothing in 62 minutes? And which visitor had his best game of the season?
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Alexander Isak fired home his 13th Premier League goal of the season to boost Newcastle's Champions League push with a fifth win on the bounce and condemn Spurs to a fifth defeat in seven. Dominic Solanke got the hosts off to a roaring start with a bullying header from a looping cross, in front of Thomas Tuchel who was taking in his first match as new England manager.
![[But Newcastle came roaring back courtesy of a composed Anthony Gordon strike minutes later]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93734711-14249575-image-m-3_1736000206729.jpg)
In a familiar turn of events for Spurs, their lead did not last long. Lucas Bergvall seemed to strike the ball onto Joelinton's arm before the Brazilian played a pass into Bruno Guimaraes, who found an on-rushing Gordon. The Englishman took one touch before firing home and wheeling off in celebration but Ange Postecoglou was left furious, calling in vain for a handball.
![[Alexander Isak completed a fine comeback with his 13th Premier League goal of the season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735293-14249575-image-a-4_1736000231095.jpg)
Red-hot Alexander Isak completed the comeback towards the end of the second-half, tapping home a cross from Jacob Murphy - the Englishman's seventh assist of a fiine campaign. After another rip-roaring encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Mail Sport's Craig Hope was on hand to run the rule over the two sets of players.
![[Pedro Porro provided a string of dangerous deliveries, most notably for opening goal]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735501-14249575-image-a-26_1736002708881.jpg)
Dominic Solanke headed home in the first four minutes to give Tottenham the lead. But Newcastle came roaring back courtesy of a composed Anthony Gordon strike minutes later. Alexander Isak completed a fine comeback with his 13th Premier League goal of the season.
![[The boos when Lucas Bergvall's number went up on 62 minutes told you everything - he had been Spurs' best player]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/14/93735505-14249575-image-a-28_1736002737426.jpg)
