Newcastle demolish Tottenham with six goals to stay in top 4 battle

Newcastle played one of their best games of the season and destroyed one of their rivals for top 4 finish – Tottenham 6-1 at home.

The Magpies didn’t wait long to open the scoresheet and Jacob Murphy fired a rebound into the top right corner inside the first 2 minutes of play.

Just four minutes later Fabian Schar sent a precise pass to Joelinton, who was able to go around the keeper and slide the ball into the net.

2’—Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham
6’—Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
9’—Newcastle 3-0 Tottenham

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— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 23, 2023

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The result got to 3-0 before the 10 minute mark. Jacob Murphy once again took advantage of a rebounded ball and slotted it home with a magnificent strike.

In the 19 minute through ball for Isak make the Swede’s job easy to score. 120 seconds later Seasn Longstaff passed to Isak and the forward scored second in quick succession.

5 – Newcastle 6-1 Tottenham was the Magpies’ biggest Premier League win since January 2011 v West Ham (5-0), and Spurs’ heaviest Premier League defeat since December 2013 v Liverpool (0-5). Cricket. pic.twitter.com/mdEgqY1tXr

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 23, 2023

Four minutes into the second half Hary Kane pulled one back for Spurs, but it couldn’t make a difference as Newcastle scored sixth in the 67 minute through Callum Wilson.