Alexander Isak scored the decisive goal in Newcastle’s 2-1 win against Tottenham in the Premier League
Newcastle’s chief executive has likened the task of reconstructing Newcastle to building a plane in mid-air and, after this, Eddie Howe will know precisely what Darren Eales meant.
In some respects it all started as it finished. Indeed as, shortly after kick-off, Alexander Isak’s ambitious chip grazed the woodwork and Harvey Barnes sent a shot whistling inches wide, a Tottenham side lacking their injured defender Micky van de Ven looked a little overwhelmed. Barnes represented a key reason for Tottenham’s travails and never more so than when he connected with Lloyd Kelly’s left-wing cross and volleyed his side into a 37th-minute lead. Given the awkwardly swerving bounce of the ball as it reared up from a slick surface greased by sporadic rain showers, Barnes’s finish was exquisite.
As the revamped visitors chased an equaliser only a last ditch sliding tackle from Radu Dragusin, deputising for Van de Ven, denied Alexander Isak a goal.
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