The home defeat to Newcastle was one of the poorest displays from Tottenham this season. Newcastle weren’t anything special, but managed to find a spark from good second half performances from Sissoko and Ameobi. This result will ease the pressure on Newcastle and shift a lot of the media attention on Pochettino’s stuttering Spurs.

Here are the player ratings from this match:

 

Tottenham Hotspur:

Lloris, 5: Didn’t have much to do all game. Wasn’t at fault for either of the goals.

Rose, 7: Rose had a solid game bombing down the left side. His one moment of madness was his appalling dive in the first half. His effort was there, but his final ball wasn’t.

Kaboul, 5: He is prone to one calamitous error per game, but thankfully it wasn’t taken today. He covered Dier fairly well and tried to push for an equalizer.

Vertonghen, 4: For the second goal he was caught under the ball, which allowed Perez to come in with the header. Didn’t look to break forward at all and seem fairly disinterested.

Dier, 3: This was his worst performance in a Spurs shirt. At kick off for the second half, he was caught sleeping and was punished by Ameobi. He seemed tired from the midweek game and was continuously caught out of position in the second half.

Mason, 7: He had a fantastic first half providing a sumptuous cross for Adebayor. He always turned and look to play the ball forward to the likes of Eriksen and Lamela. In the second half, he was limited as Sissoko focused his attention on him.

Capoue, 6: What you see is what you get from Capoue. He will never win you a game with his creativity and he certainly didn’t do that today. He did break up Newcastle’s weak attack in the first half without any problems.

Lamela, 4: With confidence at an all-time high he failed to live up to the expectation. He lost possession too many times and never made a run down the right. This was a poor performance compared to the display in the Europa League.

Eriksen, 5: Eriksen had all the space and opportunities he could ask for and yet failed to produce. His final ball was poor. He had one major opportunity to pull Spurs back into the contest, but saw the shot blocked wide by Coloccini.

Chadli, 5: Much like Lamela, he was consistently looking to come inside, which made Spurs very easy to defend against. He had one breakaway that required him to get past Coloccini, but he failed to cut inside and test Krul.

Adebayor, 6: A surprise pick for the game, he grabbed an early goal from Mason’s cross. Throughout the game, he was seen trying to press the ball. After Spurs went behind, he failed to make an impact up front.

 

Substitutes:

Kane, 6: Came on with real purpose and a point to prove. He only had a couple of touches and was only able to produce one great cross, which fizzed across goal.

Lennon, N/A: Maybe touched the ball two or three times. He didn’t really get a chance to run at Dummet.

Soldado, 4: He gets a rating simply because he missed a great chance to equalize. His shinned effort summed up his time at Spurs.

 

Newcastle United

Krul, 6: Made a couple decent saves, but really there was nothing to test him.

Janmaat, 4: He got dominated by Rose all game because he got no help from Gouffran. He also made no effort to get forward in the first half.

Taylor, 7: Was solid in defense as Tottenham looked to attack through the middle. He got several crucial blocks which saw them hold onto their lead.

Coloccini, 7: Like his center back partner, he did a fantastic job blocking shots. He also had the strength required to keep Adebayor quiet and force him deeper.

Dummet, 5: He got caught ball watching for Tottenham’s first goal as Adebayor slipped in behind him. After that, he wasn’t tested by Dier or Lamela at all.

Colback, 6: A solid game in the center of the park. He made solid tackles in the second half that allowed the likes of Sissoko and Cabella to get forward.

Anita, 4: He failed to track Eriksen or Mason and allowed them to have a large amount of space in front of the back four.

Sissoko, 9: In the first half, he was the only Newcastle player that wanted to press and take on Tottenham players. In the second half, he came alive as he sat a little deeper to provide balls in behind to Ameobi and Perez.

Obertan, 4: Completely non existent in the first half as he was marked by Capoue. Pardew was right to substitute him at the half.

Gouffran, 4: He failed to track back in the first half, which left Janmaat exposed by the overlapping run from Rose. Going forward, he had limited success and eventually was sacrificed for Haidara to shore up the Newcastle defense.

Perez, 7: He had a poor showing in the first half as he was bullied off the ball by the much stronger Kaboul. Once the second half began, he got more support from Gouffran which allowed him to grow in confidence. He grabbed the winning goal with a great glancing header that left Lloris with no chance.

 

Substitutes:

Ameobi, 8: Truly a super sub as he inspired Newcastle to a win. He scored the equalizer seven seconds after the second half kickoff. After the goal, he ran at Dier as many times as possible to relieve the pressure for Newcastle. He was the danger man and most Newcastle players looked to him on the break.

Cabella, 6: A good performance for him, which will see him grow in confidence. He held the ball well and found Ameobi on several occasions. With time running out he made smart decisions with the ball to kill off the Tottenham attack.

Haidara, N/A: Came on to solidify the left side of Newcastle’s defense. Wasn’t tested by Lennon at all.