Dom Smith On Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham
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00:00 Well it's all over here at St James' Park and for Tottenham it's a new low in their
00:04 first season under Ant Postacoglu. A 4-0 defeat here to Newcastle offered shades of last season's
00:12 6-1 defeat here and even though Ant Postacoglu was unwilling in his press conference to link
00:18 the two matches, they certainly did feel similar. Tottenham's defending here was absolutely
00:23 atrocious for most of the afternoon. They had 73% of possession but did so little with
00:28 it. Newcastle at the other end capitalised on defensive errors. They sent Micky van der
00:34 Ven onto his backside for both of their first two goals which were scored within two minutes
00:38 of each other by Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon in the first half. Isak then turned
00:44 van der Ven on the halfway line and ran through to make it three in the second half and Fabian
00:48 Scherr was allowed an unmarked header from a corner to make it four late on. For Tottenham
00:54 they still have to play Manchester City and Arsenal this season. They have Arsenal in
00:58 two weeks' time. They haven't got a game before the North London derby and they will need
01:02 probably the next two weeks to think on this defeat and look at how it went so wrong because
01:10 they really were the dominant side in possession, did so little with it and had so few chances
01:15 as well. It was an alarming performance and it was one which Postacoglu said in his press
01:19 conference afterwards was of concern to him. It should be of concern to Tottenham as well
01:23 when they think of their Champions League chances. They're in a straight shootout with
01:26 Aston Villa for that fourth spot. You have to say it's advantage Villa after this performance.
01:32 Four nil they lost here to Newcastle.
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