Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Joe Buck match reaction

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Joe Buck reacts to Newcastle United's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park. Goals from Harvey Barnes and Alexander Isak secured the win for Eddie Howe's side.

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00:00So Newcastle United record back-to-back home league wins to begin the season with a 2-1

00:06win here over Tottenham Hotspur in a really hard fourth game for Eddie Howe's side.

00:11Arjan Postakoglu's side dominated the game, really dominated the ball, I think Eddie Howe's

00:16or Newcastle only had about 33% possession so they really didn't have much of the ball.

00:20Not really too much of a shock against Postakoglu, you know, very ball-happy there, his team

00:25Tottenham were very good, just couldn't get that goal but enough about Tottenham, Newcastle

00:31had won the game, to be fair, you know, over 90 minutes, it was a close game, maybe Tottenham

00:36just shaded but Newcastle got two goals and that was the big thing.

00:39As we've seen in the last couple of games, Newcastle started well, the first 15 minutes

00:44they were really good, unlucky not to get an early goal there but there was a bit, just

00:50before the 20th minute, one of the referee's assistants had to get replaced so he went

00:54for the fourth official, the fourth official came in and that was about a five-minute delay

00:57and that really sort of switched the balance of the game and then Tottenham started dominating

01:01the ball, dominating the game, Newcastle dealt with it, they didn't really look too threatening

01:07in that first half, I think a couple of long shots which Pope dealt with quite comfortably

01:11in a few blocks but other than that, Newcastle weren't really put under too much, well they

01:16were put under pressure but they didn't really look like conceding and then they got the

01:19goal, it was brilliant work to be fair from Dan Byrne, the ball goes out, he takes a quick

01:23throw to Lloyd Kelly, Lloyd Kelly pulls the ball back into the box and there's Harvey

01:27Barnes who just opens his body and guides a shot into the far corner, it's a brilliant

01:31finish from Harvey Barnes and that's exactly what he brings to Newcastle when he does play,

01:35the question marks over whether he shows his best when he started, he's been a really good

01:38substitute at times, made some good appearances from the bench but that was a brilliant finish

01:43from him and just shows that that's a quality he can bring when he's in the area and that

01:47was, yeah Newcastle head into the break, 1-0 up and probably good value for that,

01:53I think maybe just, maybe a bit hard for Newcastle but certainly didn't deserve to be behind

01:57or anything and yeah, and then come out for the second half and, sorry, Tottenham make

02:03a change, this time Brendan Johnson comes up for Papsar, Maddison drops back to Busuma

02:09and that really changed the game for Tottenham, Johnson had a really good effort outright

02:13and he eventually gets the goal, although, to be fair, for about 2 or 3 minutes before

02:18the goal actually went in, Tottenham were dominating in multiple corners, Pope had to

02:23make some good saves but yeah, the goal eventually comes, I would say it is a Dan Byrne-owned

02:27goal, Nick Pope makes the save, goes straight at Johnson who has a shot, Pope then reacts

02:32to that shot but Dan Byrne, under not real pressure, kicks the ball into the net, I don't

02:36know whether he's probably better off leaving that but obviously in the heat of the moment

02:39you can't really, only he can make that judgement and yeah, Newcastle at that point were another

02:43caution, Spurs were playing really well, they were dominating the ball, they couldn't

02:46get out of the half to be honest for most of the early part of the second half certainly

02:52but they stayed in the game, they did really well, they stayed in the game, Pope made some

02:56brilliant saves, one particular from Maddison, a killer effort, yeah, that was one that,

03:03if that had gone in that would have been a completely different game but they stayed

03:06in the game, they did what they needed to do to give themselves a chance to win and

03:08eventually they did give themselves the chance to win and they did get the winning goal,

03:12Joe Linton win the ball in midfield, almost got tackled, we saw against Bournemouth last

03:16weekend, he got tackled, that set up for Bournemouth but this time he held on to the ball,

03:20plays a lovely through ball to Jacob Murphy, Jacob Murphy runs one-on-one with the goalkeeper,

03:25we think is he going to shoot, he squares at Alexander Isaki, taps home for the easiest

03:28goal he'll ever score, now moments before that, oh sorry, at the beginning of the first

03:31half Isak had a similar opportunity, he couldn't get the ball across to Barnes who was at the

03:34back post but this time Murphy does get it across to Isak and yeah, Newcastle, you know,

03:39took a lead, definitely against the run of play, it would be a goal that, you know,

03:43Poster Cognery would be disappointed by, we all know his high line and fame for his high

03:47line but that was one where you think it is a little bit avoidable if he doesn't make his

03:50team play a high line but that's the risk and reward of his football and then Newcastle held

03:54on, eventually, it was a lot of, five minutes out of time, lots of, as always, lots of,

04:00you know, worries of St James', Sam Dutton-Arley came on to be fair for his St James' Park

04:05return, he got a big reception, to be honest I think his introduction, although he didn't play

04:08a direct part in the goal or too much sort of, there were no key moments where he stopped,

04:13like his introduction really lifted the crowd, it had gone flat a little bit just because Tottenham

04:17were playing so well, Tottenham did well to nullify the crowd but unfortunately for them

04:20it was Canarly's return, he got the crowd up and then they eventually got it and yeah,

04:24after a disappointing summer transfer window, Newcastle United reacted with a win and had

04:28an international break, seven points from three games and that would be a big benefit to them

04:35and yeah, that's it really, you know, they can only do what they can do on the pitch and they've

04:39thrown the caravan up, they've got seven points and now we're two weeks before the game against

04:42Wolves, I can see on my shoulder Yasser Al-Omae and he was here that day and he would have been

04:46happy with what he saw from his team on the pitch but obviously questions will be asked about their

04:51transfer and I'm sure Eddie Harb right now is probably getting grilled about that and about

04:54their failure to add any senior outfield players but as mentioned, return to football matters,

04:58Newcastle United have got the win, that's all that mattered and with Wolves and Solon to come,

05:02you know, it's hoped that we can continue this really good start and the next time they're here

05:06is in just about a month's time, four weeks' time, sorry, against Nile against Manchester City

05:11so that's a huge game against Manchester City and that'll be a real test, obviously it always is

05:15against Man City but we'll be able to see where Newcastle United are and how they're shaped up

05:18against them, they're a big European rival but for today, they've beaten one of them in Tottenham

05:21Hotspur 2-1, not a convincing performance by any means but a win's a win and yeah,

05:26Newcastle United can head into the international break, seven points from three games and I'm

05:29very happy about that.

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