Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa scored second-half targets as Newcastle United claimed their first Premier League win beneath Matthias Jaissle with a 2-0 victory at Tottenham.
Newcastle have made a really promising begin to life beneath new supervisor Jaissle regardless of seeing three key gamers depart the membership this summer time in former captain Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali.
Jaissle’s males conceded a late penalty of their league opener towards Liverpool as they drew 2-2 earlier than beating West Brom 3-2 within the EFL Cup in midweek.
However victory in north London may have tasted particularly candy as Newcastle bought one over on former team-mate Tonali, who left them to hitch Tottenham in a £100million transfer.
Spurs, crushed 3-0 by Brentford of their opener previous to a 5-1 win over Charlton Athletic within the EFL Cup, gave a debut to new signing Omar Marmoush following his transfer from Manchester Metropolis, although winger Savio missed out by harm having additionally made the transfer from the Etihad Stadium.
Nevertheless it was one other former Metropolis man, Newcastle midfielder Nico Gonzalez, who marked his debut with a key contribution as his great go helped tee up Anthony Elanga to open the scoring within the 62nd minute.
Ten minutes later Yoane Wissa doubled the lead with an instinctive end to take care of Jaissle’s unbeaten begin, and depart Tottenham with no factors and no targets from their first two video games following a big-spending summer time.
Newcastle off the mark beneath Jaissle
Newcastle made a vibrant begin and Elanga went shut with a lofted effort throughout the face objective after latching onto the spectacular Amar Dedic’s cushioned header from a Gonzalez go. That will show a harbinger of what was to come back within the second half.
The Magpies continued to take pleasure in loads of possession, however Spurs grew into the sport and created the majority of the higher possibilities within the first half, with Newcastle usually grateful to the reflexes of goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek.
Hornicek produced a flying save to maintain out a curling effort from Mathys Tel, earlier than Pedro Porro had a close-range effort brilliantly blocked by Lewis Corridor.
Porro then lashed a swerving volley narrowly over the crossbar from the sting of the world, earlier than Hornicek denied Andy Robertson on the close to publish after which thwarted Jan Paul van Hecke from the ensuing nook.
Newcastle began the second half on the entrance foot and Corridor curled over from lengthy vary, with Marmoush, who has seven targets towards the Magpies in his profession, then firing a warning shot on the different finish with a really formidable effort that flew large.
However Newcastle’s latest signing made a telling influence as he proved instrumental in breaking the impasse. Gonzalez’s very good cross-field go was headed on by Dedic for Elanga, who produced an unerring strike on the flip that went in off the publish.
Porro threatened a reply with a stinging drive that deflected over the crossbar, however Newcastle took command by a shocking piece of improvisation from Wissa, who met substitute Nick Woltemade’s header down from a nook with an acrobatic flicked end from close-range, the DR Congo striker performed onside by former team-mate Tonali as he doubled the benefit.
Tonali was subsequently withdrawn, a lot to the delight of the Newcastle followers, as Spurs threw on extra attacking gamers seeking a comeback that by no means got here to fruition regardless of Marmoush and Dominic Solanke going shut late on.
