If you’ve watched any amount of football in 2023, your prediction for Sunday’s Newcastle United vs Tottenham game was probably ‘Newcastle win’.
That utterance of ‘Newcastle win’ probably wasn’t followed by ‘…by scoring five unanswered goals in the first half’.
And yet, amazingly, that’s exactly what happened.
Inside the opening 21 minutes of the game, Newcastle had taken a rather astonishing five-goal lead.
The first of these goals came inside the opening minute, when Jacob Murphy stole in at the back post to tap home the ball after Hugo Lloris saved a Joelinton effort (yeah, Lloris actually made a save in this game).
MURPHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
WHAT A START!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/CPXs62Zems
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) April 23, 2023
— Aaron Paul – ImHybrid (@HYBRlD) April 23, 2023
Five minutes later it was 2-0, this time with Joelinton capitalising on Pedro Porro falling asleep and allowing him to steal in on goal, round the goalkeeper, and side-foot into the net.
It’s fair to say that Tottenham fans were not happy with their January signing’s showing at right-back…
Pedro Porro’s first game at right back: pic.twitter.com/RVeaTkOYjP
— Shane with a Fez (@IsMiseShane) April 23, 2023
Yea maybe don’t start Pedro Porro at the back ever again. Just a thought
— Jack Benik (@jack_benik) April 23, 2023
Pedro Porro is horrific
— Marsh. (@DanMarsh11) April 23, 2023
Next up to embarrass themselves in a Tottenham shirt was Eric Dier, whose aimless pass into the midfield was latched onto by Fabian Schar before Murphy took it from the centre back and fired a wonderful effort into the bottom corner of the net.
Nine minutes gone – Newcastle 3-0 Tottenham.
Jacob Murphy is all Newcastle fans right now 🤪 pic.twitter.com/eWvZgyPSOz
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 23, 2023
2′ ⚽️ Jacob Murphy
6′ ⚽️ Joelinton
9′ ⚽️ Jacob MurphyWHAT A START FOR THE NEWCASTLE AT ST JAMES’ PARK! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/7f01OgA3L4
— 90min (@90min_Football) April 23, 2023
We’d have to wait a frankly ridiculous ten minutes for Newcastle United’s next goal.
That fourth would come from the in-form Alexander Isak, who capitalised on (you guessed it) some horrific defensive positioning from Tottenham to storm in and score his first of the game.
Tottenham’s defence #NEWTOT pic.twitter.com/wMltxFlrEa
— Bandile. 🏴 (@ZiieRadebe) April 23, 2023
Tottenham Hotspur’s defence is absolutely balling 😅 pic.twitter.com/O60ok4iFJW
— KEL…
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