Conceding 5 goals in 21 minutes, Tottenham suffered a crushing defeat against Newcastle

Having lost 1-2 at home in the first leg last October, Tottenham is determined to "get revenge" against Newcastle when the two sides play again on the night of April 23, thereby accelerating to catch up and surpass the "Magpies" in the top 4 teams of the Premier League.

Jacob Murphy scores in the 60th second

With a great desire but lacking in decisiveness in playing style, Tottenham continuously suffered shocking defeats at St. James' Park. The ball had just rolled for 60 seconds when Joelinton broke into the visitors' penalty area and fired a low shot that goalkeeper Hugo Lloris blocked with his hand. Not missing such a good opportunity, Jacob Murphy rushed in from the right wing and leisurely shot into the empty net, opening the score for Newcastle.

Joelinton doubles Newcastle's lead

Not yet recovered from the shock, just 4 minutes later, Tottenham conceded a second goal. From a long pass from Fabian Schar, Joelinton broke through, dribbled past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and scored, doubling the gap for the home team. No one understood what Tottenham's defenders did in both of these goals to protect the vast space in front of their team's goal.

Alexander Isak puts Newcastle 5-0 up after just 21 minutes

Taking advantage of Son Heung-min losing the ball in midfield, Fabian Schar immediately passed to Jacob Murphy who fired a shot from more than 25m away, raising the score to 3-0 for Newcastle when the clock was only 9 minutes old! The "crazy" match continued and Swedish striker Alexander Isak scored two consecutive goals in the 19th and 21st minutes, giving Newcastle an unbelievable 5-0 lead in the first half.

Harry Kane scores a consolation goal for Tottenham...

In the 49th minute, Harry Kane received a pass from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and escaped Fabian Schar's clutches before accelerating and unleashing a decisive left-footed shot to bring Tottenham back to 1-5. However, that was all the "London Roosters" could do in this match that had almost completely collapsed.

Tottenham don't understand why they lost so quickly

In the 67th minute, Kieran Trippier passed the ball from the right wing for Miguel Almiron to shoot right in the Tottenham penalty area. The ball hit the foot of center back Cristian Romero and bounced out and substitute Callum Wilson did not miss the opportunity to score with his first touch, helping the home team to the 6th goal.

Callum Wilson sealed a 6-1 win for the Magpies

Tottenham have suffered heavy defeats against Newcastle many times in the past, such as the 1-7 defeat in 1996, 0-5 in 2012 or 1-5 in 2016, but this defeat is truly painful for the London team. It is very possible that the unexcusable stumble against Newcastle will also be the end of the "Rooster" dream of the Top 4 when there are only 7 rounds left in the tournament.

Newcastle confident of racing for Top 4

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