Swaggering Spurs put Magpies to the sword

Newcastle 0 Tottenham 0

Newcastle could have few complaints after being comprehensively outplayed. Even Tim Krul, their usually reliable goalkeeper whose career-defining display of 14 saves had secured an improbable victory at White Hart Lane in November, had a night he would rather forget, gifting the opening goal to the visitors.

Tottenham could have been two up before they finally rewarded their dominance by breaking the deadlock midway through the first half. Adebayor saw a close-range effort deflected just wide by Vurnon Anita after Mousa Dembele beat Davide Santon with alarming ease to tee-up his team-mate with a deft cut-back.