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Key occasions
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle
Half-time: The gamers troop off for the break, with Newcastle effectively value their 2-1 lead, regardless of going behind to an early Dominic Solanke opener after 4 minutes. Anthony Gordon equalised inside 40 seconds with a objective shrouded in controversy, earlier than Alexander Isak transformed Jacob Murphy’s cross to place the guests forward.
45+4 min: It’s half-time.
45+3 min: Porro sends a good cross in direction of the again submit, attempting to select Timo Werner’s run. Livramento pokes the ball out for a nook, which Isak heads clear.
45+2 min: A Murphy cross into the Tottenham penalty space is headed clear by Dragusin. Moments later, Joelinton tries to run on to a ball across the nook from Isak however is unable to get a shot away. Austin tidies up on the again for Spurs.
45 min: We’ll have 4 extra minutes earlier than a half-time break that can’t come rapidly sufficient for Tottenham Hotspur. They’re at the moment being utterly overrun in midfield and it’s an issue Ange Postecoglou and his employees must type out.
44 min: An off-balance Joelinton shoots vast from a decent angle after being performed in behind by a weighted go from Anthony Gordon.
42 min: Djed Spence tries to shepherd a slowly trundling ball out of play over the byline below stress from Livramento. The ball hits the Spurs defender’s ankle on its means out however the referee doesn’t spot it and awards a goal-kick as a substitute of a nook.
40 min: Newcastle advance once more, a objective to the nice, a spring of their collective step, trying way more settled and assured than their hosts.
GOAL! Tottenham, 1-2 Newcastle (Isak 38)
Newcastle lead! It’s one other smooth one for Spurs to concede as Jacob Murphy, given on a regular basis on the earth, whips a low ball throughout the face of the Spurs objective from the appropriate facet of the penalty space after being picked out by Tonali. Isak will get the essential contact regardless of Dragusin being caught to him like a barnacle.
36 min: One other Newcastle nook is aimed in direction of Botman however Lucas Bergvall manages to half-clear earlier than Austin tidies up for Spurs.
34 min: Anthony Gordon swings a nook in direction of the far submit, the place Brandon Austin is compelled to punch clear below excessive stress from Dan Burn and Sven Botman. Burn finally ends up entangled at the back of the web and has a go on the Spurs goalkeeper as if it’s by some means his fault.
32 min: After good work by Bruno Guimaraes, Jacob Murphy sends a low ball acrossd the face of the Tottenham objective, the place Alexander Isak makes contact however steers the ball vast on the stretch. On the far submit, Anthony Gordon screams in frustration as he was unmarked and would virtually definitely have had a tap-in if Isak had left the ball.
30 min: Djed Spence pokes the ball out for a nook off the toe of Tino Livramento. Sandro Tonali, Alexander Isak and Dan Burn Burn attempt to crowd round Tottenham’s inexperienced goalkeeper, however Kulusevski and Dragusin instantly transfer right into a place to assist Brandon Austin. Nothing comes of the set-piece.
27 min: Relating to Newcastle’s equaliser and the potential Joelinton handball, the Premier League have posted the next on X: “The referee’s name of objective was confirmed by VAR, who checked for a possible handball by Joelinton within the build-up and deemed that his arm was by his facet, in a pure place and the contact was unintentional.”
I’d must see it once more however I don’t keep in mind Joelinton’s arm being by his facet. He was, nevertheless, utterly oblivious to the ball travelling in direction of what I recall being an outstretched arm.
25 min: Already on a yellow card, Dan Burn spreads his arms vast and blocks a Dejan Kulusevski go along with his proper one. He avoids a second reserving and may contemplate himself fortunate to take action.
23 min: An Anthony Gordon free-kick from deep is cleared, however the ball finds its means out to Jacob Murphy on the appropriate flank. There’s no one in a Newcastle shirt readily available to transform his tantalising ball throughout the face of the Tottenham Hotspur objective.
21 min: Tottenham goalkeeper Brandon Austin does effectively to get down and save from Anthony Gordon because the Newcastle winger tried to attain from the very same spot from the place Newcastle’s opener got here from.
19 min: Spurs sweep upfield and Kulusevski has a cross from the appropriate put out for a nook. Pedro Porro swings the ball into the Newcastle penalty space however fails to beat Isak on the close to submit. The Swedish striker heads clear.
18 min: Dan Burn will get booked for taking out Dejan Kulusevski because the Tottenham midfielder tried to maraud upfield on the break.
17 min: Lewis Corridor sends a cross from deep into the Tottenham penalty space, the place Brandon Austin claims it comfortably earlier than chuking the ball lengthy to Kulusevski on the left flank.
15 min: Joelinton seems to catch Bergvall with a raised accidental-on-purpose elbow into the facet of the pinnacle however will get away with it.
12 min: Radu Dragusin will get himself into all types of trouble whereas attempting to play the ball out from the again however nearly will get away with it. No matter your thoughs on Joelinton’s “handball”, it’s value noting {that a} equally ill-advised foray out from the again from Spurs led to the Newcastle equaliser.
11 min: Sven Botman makes a superb block in his personal penalty space to disclaim Dominic Solanke his second objective of the afternoon.
8 min: Debate will rage over whether or not that objective ought to have stood as an tried go upfield by Lucas Bergvall hit the outstretched arm of Joelinton, who was complewtely oblivious to what was occurring. Regardless of this, his intervention allowed Newcastle to win possession not far exterior the Spurs penalty space.
Gordon was slipped in behind and made no mistake along with his end. I say debate will rage and there’s additionally a sure Australian on the tuchline who’s beside himself with anger.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-1 Newcastle (Gordon 6)
Newcastle equalise! Anthony Gordon scores with a low shot into the underside right-hand nook after Spurs get caught attempting to play the ball out from the again.
5 min: That’s a superb begin for Tottenham and end from Solanke, in entrance of the watching England supervisor, Thomas Tuchel.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle (Solanke 4)
Spurs lead! Pedro Porro swings an early cross into the Newcastle penalty space from the appropriate and Dominic Solanke will get on Sven’s Botman’s blind facet to energy a header previous Martin Dubravka.
2 min: Play resumes with Livramento match to proceed and a drop-ball for Newcastle, whose gamers are sporting maroon and blue striped shirts, white shorts and maroon socks.
1 min: There’s a break in play as Newcastle right-back Tino Livramento goes to floor in obvious agony and receives remedy after an early collision with Lucas Bergvall.
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle is go …
1 min: Tottenham get the ball rolling and instantly play an extended diagonal in direction of Timo Werner on the left touchline.
Not lengthy now: Led by referee Andy Madley and his workforce of match officers, the gamers of each groups march out on to the pitch for the final of the pre-match formalities on a bitterly chilly afternoon in London. Dejan Kulusevski and Bruno Guimaraes put on the captains’ armbands.
I feel I learn someplace this morning that there’s been at the least one objective in every of the previous 59 video games performed between these sides and I’ll hardly be alone in being gobsmacked if we don’t get a number of extra in the present day. Kick-off is just some minutes away …
An e mail: “G’day Barry,” writes Chris Paraskevas, who I’m guessing could be in Australia. “The lads and I (three grown males with precise resoonsibilities in life) have tempted destiny and assembled to observe the sport collectively.
“Up to now this has at all times resulted in catastrophe. To high issues off, we’re all sporting a variation of this season’s Newcastle strip. Given Tottenham have needed to name up Ledley King at centre-back, certainly even our me̶n̶’̶s̶ ̶c̶l̶u̶b̶ supporters membership evil eye/curse gained’t assist Ange tonight.”
Switch information: It’s being reported that Tottenham Hotspur are on the verge of signing Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, who’s reported to be in London present process a medical. A charge of £12.5m plus add-ons is being talked about for the Czech Republic U-21 worldwide who has made 29 appearances for Slavia Prague this season and saved 14 clear sheets.
Eddie Howe on the chatter linking Alexander Isak with a January transfer away from St James’ Park: “Our gamers are liked by us and wished by us,” he informed reporters. “Their focus can solely be on the right here and now. I don’t see it being a difficulty for us, particularly on this switch window. The gamers are very targeted.”
Ange Postecoglou on Tottenham’s switch window plans: “The membership is working onerous to get some assist for the taking part in group,” he informed reporters. “We have to bolster up our numbers a bit of bit. January is clearly not a simple time to convey gamers in rapidly and we nonetheless wish to do what’s finest for us moderately than panic.”
In the present day’s match officers
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Referee: Andy Madley.
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Assistants: Nick Hopton and Craig Taylor.
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Fourth official: Lewis Smith.
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VAR: Chris Kavanagh.
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Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.
These groups: As anticipated, third selection goalkeeper Brandon Austin begins for Spurs and the 25-year-old from Hemel Hemstead will make his first senior look in English soccer following brief mortgage spells in Denmark and the USA. The latest of these, with Orlando, was in 2021.
Elsewhere within the facet, Timo Werner begins forward of Son Heung-min, whereas James Maddison is on the bench. Djed Spence will get one other begin, instead of the injured Future Udogie. Lucas Bergvall is available in for the suspended Rodrigo Bentancur.
Sven Botman is welcomed straight into the guts of Newcastle’s defence on his return from 9 months on the sidelines with a knee harm, whereas Tino Livramento begins at full-back instead of Kieran Trippier, who drops to the bench.
Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle line-ups
Tottenham Hotspur: Austin; Porro, Dragusin, Grey, Spence; Bergvall, Sarr; Johnson, Kulusevski, Werner; Solanke.
Subs: Whiteman, Reguilon, Dorrington, Hardy, Bissouma, Maddison, Olusesi, Son, Lankshear.
Newcastle United: Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Corridor; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley
Early workforce information
With Fraser Forster out sick after catching a bug that’s infilitrated the Tottenham camp, Ange Postecoglou is anticipated to offer 25-year-old goalkeeper Brandon Austin his first senior begin in English soccer after 5 years on the membership and 78 video games spent on the bench as an unused substitute. Good luck to him.
A glum Ange revealed yesterday that Future Udogie is anticipated to be out for at the least six weeks with a hamstring harm and the Spurs full-back joins an extended record of lame and halt within the Tottenham remedy room.
The names of Guglielmo Vicario, Mikey Moore, Richarlison, Micky van de Ven, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero and Wilson Odobert all at the moment function on it. Djed Spence is accessible once more however Rodrigo Bentancur misses out in the present day by way of suspension.
Newcastle are with out Fabian Schar, who joins Bentancur on the Naughty Step, whereas Nick Pope, Callum Wilson, Jamaal Lascelles and Emil Krafth all stay sidelined with harm. Sven Botman is anticipated to endure a late health take a look at and will make his first look for Newcastle since final March after recovering from a severe knee harm.
Premier League: Tottenham v Newcastle
Using excessive in fifth place on the again of 4 consecutive Premier League wins, Newcastle arrive in London because the favourites to make it 5 on the spin towards out-of-sorts hosts who’ve a prolonged harm record and are with out a win of their previous three video games, two of which have been misplaced.
Tottenham Hotspur drew with Wolves final trip, whereas Newcastle’s most up-to-date outing noticed them humble Manchester United on their very own turf at Previous Trafford as they saved their fourth consecutive clear sheet within the high flight. Kick-off in North London is at 12.30pm (GMT) however keep tuned within the meantime for workforce information and build-up.