The Archive | Newcastle 1-3 Spurs | 19.04.15
Thu 01 April 2021, 15:08|
Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane has racked up plenty of milestones, and scored plenty of goals, since this win at St James' Park almost six years ago.
Yet his goal here to secure a 3-1 victory against Newcastle, his 35th in a Spurs shirt (he's now on 215), completed his first, in fact first two, milestones.
Harry, 21 at the time, was sent clear by Erik Lamela and made no mistake, slotting past Tim Krul in the 91st minute. It was his 30th goal in all competitions in his breakthrough campaign, 2014/15, and 20th in the Premier League.
That made him the first Spur to crack the 30-goal mark in a season since Gary Lineker in 1991/92, the first home-grown player to score 20 league goals in a season since Mark Falco in 1984/85 and only the fourth to hit 20-plus in a Premier League campaign after Teddy Sheringham (1992/93), Jurgen Klinsmann (1994/95) and Gareth Bale (2012/13).
As for a typically-entertaining affair on Tyneside, Nacer Chadli opened the scoring, Jack Colback levelled in the first minute of the second half but we responded well and led again via Christian Eriksen's free-kick. Harry then wrapped up the win late on. That season, we were placed between fifth and seventh from mid-December until May and clinched fifth with a last-day win at Everton, as Liverpool succumbed to a 6-1 loss at Stoke.
The highlights - Newcastle 1-3 Spurs
Match stats
Newcastle: Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Anita (Armstrong 75), Abeid (Obertan 46), Taylor, Colback, Gouffran (Ameobi 46), Perez, Cabella. Substitutes (not used): Riviere, Kemen, Woodman, Sterry.
Spurs: Vorm, Dier, Fazio, Vertonghen, Rose (Davies 82), Bentaleb, Paulino (Mason 88), Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli (Dembele 78), Kane. Substitutes (not used): Friedel, Yedlin, Townsend, Soldado.
Goals: Newcastle - Colback 46. Spurs - Chadli 30, Eriksen 53, Kane 90+1.
Venue: St James' Park.
Attendance: 47,427.
