Tottenham v Newcastle: Premier League – as it happened

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Key events

Roberto De Zerbi: "I am not angry"

“I think for 60-65 minutes we play better than Newcastle,” says Tottenham’s head coach in an interview with Sky. “We had chances to score but we didn’t score and then after the goal we lost the distances. If you analyse the numbers of the game, we had more chances. We are not a team yet, we are improving a lot of things. The result is important but I am not angry. I think we are working well and we were unlucky today, especially for the result.”

Anthony Elanga: “Since Day One I feel like we’ve clicked,” says the Newcastle winger of his new head coach. “He spoke to me and he spoke to all the lads as well. We know what he expects from us and he pushes us every single day. I feel you can see in the performances that we really want to keep a clean sheet and pushing forward we have the speed and the quality to hurt teams. There’s a lot of external noise but we’ve got to focus on what we can do. We believe in ourselves, we believe in our qualities and all we can do now is just let our football do the talking really.”

Matthias Jaissle: “Incredible, I’m really proud,” says Newcastle’s head coach in an interview with Sky. “We are really proud as a club and coaching staff to see a team on the pitch delivering already on a high level the match plan but also totally committed to what we are doing. This is a good start so I’m really, really proud and it’s a moment to enjoy.”

On players following and understanding his match plan: “We did well also last week. This was another step in the right direction against a strong opponent with huge signings during the window. This was something we were aware of but how we handled that challenge was amazing.”

Yoane Wissa: “Of course we lost so many players but the club worked well,” he told Sky. “It is challenging and we need players to step up, like me for instance. I didn’t play last year and now I have a chance to play. So many players have to step up and enjoy the challenge and with the fans behind us nobody can stop us.

“I am not injured and I feel confident now. I trust myself and I trust the manager and even though I didn’t play last year I have trained a lot with the players and they know my movements.

“Eddie Howe did a top job and the new manager [Matthias Jaissle] came with a new identity and that [first goal] is something we have been working on. Every part of the game we are really precise. He is a really dynamic manager, so we have to give everything and I think he is the best signing of Newcastle so far.”

Updated at 20.58 CEST

Nico Gonzalez: “It was amazing,” said Newcastle’s new midfield maestro in an interview with the BBC. “I have been four days here so it wasn’t easy for me to start but I am really happy for the work I have done and the team has done.

“The idea [in the second half] was the same but we made a few adjustments and were a little more aggressive on them. I think that this group has so much potential, we are really young and have so much space to improve and even today I felt like we kept on improving and feeling more comfortable and that is the way we need to keep going.”

On his precision pass to Amar Dedic for Newcastle’s opener: “It is something I spoke a lot about with the coach,” he says. “He wants me to see these kind of balls and I tried a few in the first half and the second half and we scored. It is something we have tried to work on. In the second half we said: ‘We have to keep doing this because it is really hard to defend these types of players’. I hope it gives us many more goals this season.”

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle United

Premier League match report: “If ever you wanted to understand the distinction between ‘winning the transfer market’ and winning an actual football match, then this was the game for you,” writes Paul MacInnes from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

An email: Seeing Sandro Tonali getting spun around by Elanga for the first goal and then playing Wissa onside for the second,” writes Tanay Padhi. “Oh to be a Newcastle fan today.” While I appreciate they will have loved it, as a Sunderland fan, can I say: let’s not go mad.

Tottenham Hotspur: Tottenham have now lost their last three top flight matches at home against Newcastle and are without a league goal after their opening two games of this season. It’s obviously not time to sound the crisis klaxon and while there’s little or no point in perusing the league table until 10 matches have been played, Arsenal and Hull City fans – among others – may enjoy clicking the link below.

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Some correspondence: “After playing one match, it’s nice to see Arsenal three points and eight goals clear of Tottenham already,” writes Daniel Rice, who may be Declan in disguisse. “I’m almost glad they weren’t relegated last season.”

“Loving the Jaissle chest bumps,” writes Mags fan Chris Paraskevas from Down Under, where it’s way past everyone’s bedtime. “Nothing wrong with a bit of positive testosterone. Good to see some mongrel back into us. If nothing else, Elanga and Wissa look like completely different players. Even everyone’s favourite N’Sync backup dancer/ Car Yard Tube Man/Dude, Where’s My Car extra (Nick Woltemade) managed a positive attacking contribution. Can you believe Pedro Porro is a World Cup winner?”

Updated at 20.36 CEST

A word on Nico Gonzalez: He may only have arrived on Thursday but Nico Gonzalez was outstanding on his debut for Newcastle today. Matthias Jaissle had a clear plan to isolate Andy Robertson against Dedic and Elanga by attacking down the right flank with long balls pinged from deep by the Spaniard. Having tried it several times without success, the move led directly to Newcastle’s opening goal.

Yoane Wissa: “These fans, they are so lovely,” he says in an interview with Sky, gesturing towards an away end in which his wife and child are sitting. “They love their club, they love their players. What they want is for us to give them everything we have in our bodies. We try and it’s been difficult today but they never stopped singing, shouting. So today is for them today. Today is for them.”

Full time: Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle

It’s an outstanding result for Newcastle, who rode their luck in the first half before putting in a much better shift after the break to win courtesy of goals from Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa. It’s two league defeats on the bounce for sorry Spurs, who were much improved from last weekend’s showing against Brentford but still contrived to lose from a position of almost total first-half dominance.

Newcastle double-substitution: Jacobs Ramsey and Murphy replace the goalscorers, Elanga and Wissa.

Updated at 20.10 CEST

GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle (Wissa 73)

Lads, it’s Tottenham: From a corner, the ball’s floated to Woltemade at the far post. HIs downward header hits the ground and bounces up. Standing unmarked with his back to goal, Wissa gets down to hook the waist-high ball over his shoulder and past Kinsky into the Tottenham goal.

Updated at 20.12 CEST

Tottenham substitutions: Mikey Moore, Mohammed Kudus and Destiny Udogie on for Robertson, Gray and Tel.

GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle (Elanga 62)

Crikey! Anthony Elanga scores with a low shot that goes in off the foot of the far post after rolling along the goalline.

Updated at 19.57 CEST

Second half: Tottenham 0-0 Newcastle

Half-time correspondence: “So ‘Savio’ is suffering from muscle fatigue,” writes Justin Kavanagh. “Who knew that shortening your name could be that much of a stretch? Careful with those nicknames now, kids.”

“It’s vital Spurs win today to try to close the six-point gap to Hull City,” writes Phil Moseley.

“Spurs have gone Double Dutch in central defence, so it’s no wonder that Newcastle’s attackers are struggling to find space in or near the Tottenham box without getting caught up in a tangle of ropes,” writes Peter Oh.

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Newcastle

The deadlock remains resolutely unbroken at the break but Tottenham will wonder how on earth they aren’t at least one goal ahead. After a slow start, Pedro Porro (x2), Mathys Tel, Omar Marmoush, Andy Robertson and Sandro Tonali will all go in for their half-time brew feeling they should have scored against a Newcastle side whose only chance of note fell to Yoane Wissa.

Updated at 19.17 CEST

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