Alexander Isak scored twice in Newcastle’s 4-0 win over Tottenham (Picture: Getty)
Alexander Isak continued his red hot goalscoring form for Newcastle as Tottenham suffered a chastening 4-0 defeat at St James’ Park.
The Sweden international scored twice either side of half-time, on both occasions getting the better of Micky van de Ven, before producing pinpoint finishes that highlighted his burgeoning confidence.
Isak now has 17 Premier League goals for the season and 21 overall, meaning he is the first Newcastle player to reach 20 in all competitions during a top flight campaign since Alan Shearer 20 years ago.
‘Playing football is really fun at the moment, especially when we have days like this,’ said Isak after a win that lifted Newcastle up into sixth place.
‘When the fans are like they are always when we play at home, it feels like we are so strong here.
‘You guys in the media always find more records and statistics to be beaten, but I just play and do my best. It is obviously a nice thing to have.
“We have spoken about being more precise with our passes, because Tottenham have a high line so if we have good passes we can hurt them in behind.
‘The service today was incredible.’
‘Tottenham are unique in what they do and we felt we needed to change to give ourselves the best chance of what we wanted to do,’ added Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, whose tactics brutally exposed Spurs’ high line.
‘I thought tactically it worked, it was a really good delivery from the players, they always deserve the praise for the execution. Our concentration levels were really good.’
‘Who knows, we’ve just got to keep doing our bit which is trying to win every game,’ he added when asked if his team were capable of overtaking Manchester United who play Bournemouth later on Saturday.
We’re hopefully returning to somewhere near our best and we’ve got to keep heading in that direction.”