Goals:

0-1: Chadli (30, allowed to run and then drill a lovely 25-yard shot inside Krul’s bottom right corner)

1-1: Colback (46, fired low beyond Vorm after Ameobi’s good run inside the box)

1-2: Eriksen (53, his inswinging left-wing free-kick evaded everyone including Krul)

1-3: Kane (90, finished off a quickfire counter-attack with a simple finish)

Bookings: Coloccini (41, foul); Lamela (45, foul); Vertonghen (61, foul); Cabella (63, foul); Bentaleb (88, foul)

Referee: Kevin Friend (Walsall): Straight forward afternoon and hard to see how he could have ruled out Eriksen’s free-kick 6

Attendance: 47,427

Entertainment: PPP

Newc Spurs

Shots on 5 8

Shots off 6 6

Corners 4 3

Offsides 2 2

Fouls 11 13

NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-1-4-1):

7 Krul: Made a number of good saves, even if he will be disappointed to have conceded the first;

7 Janmaat: Often the driving force again and Newcastle will do well to keep hold of him this summer

6 Williamson: Almost scored and looked more comfortable reunited alongside Coloccini in the middle of the back four

6 Coloccini: Looked happy to be back in the side and could be heard directing things like a captain should

6 Anita: Started promisingly in his less preferred left back role even if he made way in the second half;

6 Taylor: Could not be faulted for the effort he put in after being asked to play the holding midfield role;

4 Gouffran: Almost created an early opener before he was guilty of the error which led to Chadli scoring

7 COLBACK: Pounced to pull Newcastle level with a crisp finish from inside the area, even if parity was only short-lived

5 Abeid: Was always willing to get involved and unfortunate to be one of two to make way at the break;

6 Cabella: Had an encouraging first half but faded after the restart which did not help the Magpies;

7 Perez: Came close to scoring early on and involved in Colback’s equaliser

Subs:

Ameobi (for Gouffran 46): Provided Newcastle with the lift straight after half-time. 6

Obertan (for 46): Tried a couple of times to beat his man and failed. 5

Armstrong (for Anita 75)

(not used): Elliot (gk), Riviere, Kemen, Sterry, Woodman (gk).

TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Vorm 7; Dier 6, Vertonghen 7, Fazio 6, Rose 6 (Davies 81); Paulinho 6 (Mason 88), Bentaleb 5; Lamela 6, CHADLI 8 (Dembele 78), Eriksen 6; Kane 6. Subs: Soldado, Yedlin, Townsend, Friedel (gk).

MAN OF THE MATCH: NACER Chadli – provided the game’s first bit of magic to put Tottenham on their way to further deflate Newcastle fans.