Newcastle United have lost 5-1 to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
The Magpies were looking to get things back on track after losing their last couple of games before the international break.
It looked as though Eddie Howe was on track to do that. Fabian Schar gave the visitors the lead with a free-kick.
But Newcastle conceded an equaliser just moments later, and the teams went in at the break level.
And they were then absolutely destroyed in the second-half as the likes of Harry Kane and Heung-min Son took control of the game.
Newcastle simply couldn’t get near Spurs, and were second-best all over the park.
There probably wasn’t a single player wearing black and white who could lay claim to at least a decent performance.
Howe will be aghast at some of the defending. It’s going to be a big next few days on the training pitch, with Newcastle back in action on Friday against in-form Wolves.
After the game, Mehrdad Ghodoussi – who was present at today’s game with Amanda Staveley – took to Twitter to give his instant reaction to the result.
And the club’s co-owner summed it up pretty perfectly by saying simply ‘Bad day’.
A bad day at the office indeed
Without question, this was the worst display under Howe so far.
He’s done a brilliant job on the whole so far, but Howe needs to get a grip of things now.
It’s lucky that other results this weekend went in the Magpies’ favour.
Newcastle had made great strides by defending really well. It’s absolutely paramount that Howe finds a way to get his team more solid again.
Otherwise, it could be an uncomfortable final few weeks of the season.
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