"To his extensive list of problems at Tottenham, Thomas Frank can add another. The manager is dealing with a ghost from the club's more successful recent past. There were 49 minutes on the clock when the South Stand choir took up the song. He's magic, you know. Mauricio Poch-e-ttino. The message was clear. They want their former idol back. They cannot persist any longer with Frank."
"The only wonder here was that Newcastle, who had arrived on the back of three successive Premier League defeats and with numerous issues of their own, were not out of sight at the interval. If they were bright in the first half, Spurs were impossibly awful. Frank's injury list numbered 10 players and he lost another one Wilson Odobert in the 34th minute. The captain, Cristian Romero, is suspended, of course. Nobody wants to hear excuses."
"There was a period at the start of the second half when Spurs threatened an improbable comeback. Trailing to Malick Thiaw's goal just before the interval, they re-emerged with a bit of purpose and Archie Gray would find the equaliser after a set piece. Newcastle simply went again and there was an inevitability about Jacob Ramsey's winner, his first for the club."
"They had brought an unwanted statistic to London, having given up 19 points from winning positions; the most in the league. It was never going to be a tale of frustration for them. Eddie Howe called it one of Newcastle's best performances of the season. The celebrations of the manager and his players in front of the travelling fans at full time stood in sharp contrast to the unhappiness of everybody connected to Spurs."
Tottenham lost 2-1 to Newcastle, with Jacob Ramsey scoring a deserved winner after Archie Gray had equalised. Fans chanted for Mauricio Pochettino and booed manager Thomas Frank, even chanting that he would be sacked. Spurs dealt with a 10-player injury list and lost Wilson Odobert in the 34th minute while captain Cristian Romero served a suspension. Newcastle arrived after recent defeats but produced a bright performance and were rewarded. Eddie Howe described the match as one of Newcastle's best of the season. Newcastle's celebrations contrasted sharply with Tottenham's visible unhappiness.
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