‘Angry’ Aleksandar Mitrovic Wanted to Prove Himself in Tottenham Win

Newcastle, having come off the back of an impressive home win against Liverpool last week, clearly came to White Hart lane in a much improved and confident manner, with the visitors showing spirit and desire to capitalise on their win against Liverpool. When we needed to play forward, we played to (the) side. “At 1-0 up you give the opposition the opportunity to come back into the game”.

“We need to change that and to play every game like we did against Man City in the first half, like how we did against Chelsea, and like we did against Tottenham”.

Worse was to follow for the hosts as Perez beat the France worldwide at his near post in stoppage time.

“It is how we concede the chance, not how they finish the action”.

A new striker, creative midfielder and central defender are priorities for Newcastle, who have made it clear that they are ready to finance both high transfer fees and wages to secure the correct recruits. That was the problem, not the fault of an individual. I scored my first goal here and today the history repeats itself.

Eric Dier’s 39th-minute header gave Spurs the lead.

Far from competing at the top end of the Premier League, Newcastle have spent the majority of their first season under manager Steve McClaren as relegation candidates.

Their third straight win at White Hart Lane represented an achievement that Newcastle had not accomplished in 104 years. Then in the second half the game opened up a bit, we were able to express ourselves a bit more and we got the two goals. “We have been inconsistent”.

“We got the equaliser from the set-piece and a point would have been a great result here, we would have been happy with that, but you always hope that you will be able to nick it. And when the ball fell to Ayo [Perez] he was able to win the game for us – that was a massive bonus”. And if he sees that I’m not at my best, there is no problem to start on the bench. “We just have to do it consistently”.

From a nervy position in the bottom three following defeats to Leicester and Crystal Palace, Newcastle have suddenly lifted themselves up to 15th after back-to-back wins over Champions League place contenders Liverpool and Tottenham.

“But we haven’t turned the corner yet”.