Ange Postecoglou lauds 'massive effort' from players as Tottenham trounce Newcastle United

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou praised the “massive effort” from his side as they beat Newcastle 4-1 on Sunday evening.

The win keeps Tottenham within three points of fourth-placed Manchester City, and for Postecoglou, it offers encouragement that they are over the hump of poor form that coincided with some serious injury problems.

For Newcastle, they sit seventh as they endure their own problems with squad depth.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Postecoglou was full of praise for his side.

He said: "I can't fault the lads. They put in a massive effort today. We were brighter in the front third, I thought Sonny [Son Heung-min] was excellent and that sort of thing feeds off to the other guys.

"You rely on your leaders to take initiative; we could have had more goals but our attacking play was as good as it has been for a while.

"We are getting players back; you can see Newcastle are running on fumes. We've gone through that, and hopefully we are coming out the other side.

"Both boxes, we were a lot better; having [Cristian] Romero back helped with that. We have had to battle away and come January we'll get players back.

"The Premier League is unrelenting; the other teams aren't going to feel sorry for you."

Forward Heung-min Son, who scored a late penalty, said: "When you're winning you enjoy it more. To bounce back like that is very important.

"We don't want to make any more mistakes like we have done. I thought today was fantastic. I hope we can continue to perform like this and stay humble.

"We said we had to be more ruthless. We were ruthless today and were creating chances. We did that fantastic job. To beat Newcastle 4-1 is not easy. They are a very strong side, so credit to all the players and fans.”

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