Good afternoon and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Newcastle and Spurs from St James' Park! A 3-0 loss to fellow relegation candidates Brighton before the international break brought Newcastle even closer to the danger zone in 17th place and just two points above Fulham. Meanwhile, a north London derby loss to Arsenal and a humiliating Europa League exit at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb both ruined what seemed to be an upturn in form for Spurs, who find themselves in seventh. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 14:05.
Premier League / Matchday 30
St James' Park / 04.04.2021
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- Joelinton(28')
- J. Willock(85')
- H. Kane(30', 34')
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Updated 04/04/2021 at 15:02 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
90+4'
FULL-TIME: Newcastle 2-2 Spurs
Credit where credit's due. Steve Bruce has deservedly received a lot of stick from Newcastle fans, but he set the team up positively today and thought outside of the box with his team selection. They created the wealth of opportunities and weirdly, they might be slightly disappointed with a draw, for which they only have their poor finishing to blame. Spurs defended poorly and Vinicius and Son having quiet performances limited their efficacy in attack, but could Mourinho have done more? Probably.
90+2'
CHANCE!! Lamela struggles to control Reguilon's cross towards the far post and ends up hitting it into the side netting. Should've tried a rabona!
89'
It seems not! Bale's free-kick goes well over and into the solar system.
88'
Gareth Bale is on and his first touch will be to take a free-kick. Can he make an instant impact?
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On
G. Bale
Tottenham Hotspur
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Off
G. Lo Celso
Tottenham Hotspur
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Corners2
85'
Amidst all the drama of the goal, Almiron gets a yellow card. Not sure why though.
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Yellow card
M. Almirón
Newcastle United
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On target1
Yellow Cards1
Fouls2
Fouls against4
85'
GOAL!!! What a moment for Newcastle!! Almiron's header is blocked but the substitute Willock is there to smash in the rebound! We're all square.
Goal
J. Willock
Newcastle United
Goals1
On target1
84'
OFF THE POST!!! Lamela plays in Kane on the break and he whacks the outside of the post with a thunderous effort! So close to getting that hattrick.
83'
Another Newcastle change. This time it's Javier Manquillo on for Murphy, who's had a bit of cramp in recent minutes.
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On
J. Manquillo
Newcastle United
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Off
J. Murphy
Newcastle United
Blocked Shots2
Fouls2
Fouls against1
Free Kicks1
79'
Attacking change for Newcastle. Joe Willock is on for Krafth, who's been shambolic today. Suspect that means they're reverting to a back four.
On
J. Willock
Newcastle United
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Off
E. Krafth
Newcastle United
Blocked Shots2
Fouls2
Free Kicks2
73'
CLOSE!! Ndombele slides the ball through to Kane and there's no one near him but he can't get the ball out of his feet and Dubravka makes a crucial stop to claim it.
72'
Shelvey gets a yellow card for fouling Lamela and Kane his the resulting free-kick into the wall for the second time today.
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Yellow card
J. Shelvey
Newcastle United
Blocked Shots1
Yellow Cards1
Fouls2
Fouls against2
71'
Gayle's off for Allan Saint-Maximin. Wasted opportunity for him to cement a spot in the starting line-up.
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On
A. Saint-Maximin
Newcastle United
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Off
D. Gayle
Newcastle United
On target2
Blocked Shots1
Fouls against1
Wide1
70'
CHANCE!! Joelinton wastes probably the best chance of the game! That's an awful miss! He brought down Krafth's cross beautifully then sent a weak shot far wide despite being unmarked.
67'
OFF THE LINE!! Lo Celso's corner is punched out by Dubravka but only as far as Tanganga whose powerful header is cleared off the line by Almiron! Newcastle living dangerously now.
65'
Lamela's first act is to win a free-kick, getting dragged by Dummett, who ends up in the referee's book as a result.
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Yellow card
P. Dummett
Newcastle United
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Free Kicks1
64'
Erik Lamela is on for Moura to energise the Spurs attack who have been limited to just four shots on goal and none since Kane's second goal.
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On
E. Lamela
Tottenham Hotspur
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Off
L. Moura
Tottenham Hotspur
Fouls2
Fouls against3
Free Kicks1
Corners1
63'
Tanganga brings down Ritchie in midfield and picks up a yellow for doing so.
Yellow card
J. Tanganga
Tottenham Hotspur
Yellow Cards1
Fouls3
61'
Corner lands in the box uncomfortably for Spurs, Gayle finds an inch of space and hacks a shot in search of the bottom left corner. Joelinton gets a late touch on it to send it marginally wide but he's ruled offside anyway.
60'
It's been a very subdued 10 minutes, so probably a good time for Newcastle to make a change. Corner delayed bizarrely by Lloris needing to change his left boot!
55'
Ritchie is down in pain. He'll try to run it off but might have to come off soon otherwise.