Tottenham and Newcastle played their latest match of round 16 of the Premier League on Sunday (December 10) with disappointment of different levels.
Tottenham went through a 5-match winless streak (1 draw, 4 losses) in the Premier League, while Newcastle surprisingly lost 0-3 to Everton and also the third loss in the last 5 matches.
Of course, both teams are hungry to win, but the home team's motivation is even greater when in April this year, they suffered a 1-6 defeat to Newcastle at St James Park. In London, Son Heung-min and his teammates paid off almost all of that debt with a 4-1 victory.
Right after the opening whistle, Ange Postecoglou's students flooded into the opponent's court, strong in both attack and pressure when not having the ball.
They accept a counter-attack situation - in fact, they may have conceded a few goals when the opponent drove down the sidelines and crossed the ball. However, overall, Spurs had an excellent match.
After letting the visitors counter-attack a number of times, Tottenham tightened their formation, coordinated to attack the ball quickly, smoothly and the result came after 26 minutes. From the left wing, Son Heung-min crossed the ball low to defender destiny Udogie to tap the ball into the net to score the opening goal.
12 minutes later, the same scenario repeated, but at a closer distance as the Korean striker entered the penalty area, overcame Kieran Trippier and created conditions for Richarlison to double the gap.
In the first half, Tottenham had a total of 12 shots, Newcastle only had 4.
After the break, Newcastle had more balls, but when Tottenham changed the state, proactively played solid and counter-attacked, Eddie Howe's students continued to "attack".
Richarlison increased the score to 3-0 in the 60th minute, after a pass from Pedro Porro. And in the 84th minute, goalkeeper Martin Dubravka fouled Son Heung-min in the penalty area. It was the captain striker who successfully implemented it.
It was not until the extra minute that Joelington scored an honorary goal for Newcastle.
Winning 4-1 but Tottenham still kept 5th place in the rankings (30 points), because Man City also won (2-1 at Luton Town) to interrupt the streak of 4 consecutive matches without a win. However, they are 3 points ahead of Man United and 4 points ahead of Newcastle.
