Newcastle steal priceless win

Tottenham 1 Newcastle 2: IN A SEASON of constant surprises, the situation near the top and bottom of the Premier League took another extraordinary twist as Newcastle United came from behind to beat Tottenham in stoppage time and end the Londoners’ unbeaten run of 14 league games — and put a huge dent in their title ambitions.

Just as he did last season, in another victory at White Hart Lane, Ayoze Perez scored to sink Spurs after fellow substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic had equalised Eric Dier’s first-half opener for Tottenham, who had moved briefly into the top four but faded badly as the game wore on.

This was Tottenham’s first defeat since the opening day of the season, while for Newcastle it was the first time in over a year that they had put together back-to-back victories, following the equally surprising win over Liverpool last weekend.