On one side it was Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven, officially the fastest player in the Premier League (37km/h, with only Luton’s Chiedozie Ogbene and Wolves’ Pedro Neto coming close), and on the other Alexader Isak, an injury-prone Newcastle striker, whose various injuries usually occurred while trying to run sprints. But today, the Dutch defender was helpless as he was beaten twice (and even got embarrassed on the third goal) by the Swede striker as the Magpies thrashed Champions League seeking Spurs and seriously increased their chances of playing the Conference League next season: Newcastle – Tottenham 4-0.The in-form Newcastle’s striker has scored a brace and is now the first player to score 20 and more goals across all competitions in a top-flight season for Newcastle since Alan Shearer in 2003/04. And Anthony Gordon continued his great form (has been called to the national team for it) and added another goal for an important win against a strong opponent. This will be a serious defeat for Tottenham who are chasing Champions League place and they now must support their arch-rivals Arsenal to win tomorrow against Aston Villa, who are battling them for the fourth spot. What is more troublesome for the coach Ange Postecoglou is the fact that they failed to score against a team crippled with injuries and a team who was missing two out of their four starting defenders. Coach Eddie Howe had to make up the defense with a reserve Kraft, a pair of 33- and 31-year-old players Schar and Burn and right winger Murphy playing at left back and the Spurs failed to create at least one big change throughout the game!MORE TO FOLLOW ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 33Saturday Newcastle – Tottenham 4-0 (2-0)/Isak 30, 50, Gordon 32, Schar 87/17:00: (1.45) Brentford (4.80) Sheffield Utd (8.00)17:00: (2.20) Nott.Forest (3.45) Wolverhampton (3.25)17:00: (1.10) Man.City (11.0) Luton (18.0)17:00: (3.40) Burnley (3.50) Brighton (2.10)19:30: (2.60) Bournemouth (3.40) Man.Utd. (2.70)Sunday 16:00: (2.35) West Ham (3.50) Fulham (2.95)16:00: (1.22) Liverpool (6.50) Crystal Palace (12.0)18:30: (1.30) Arsenal (5.80) Aston Villa (9.00)Monday 22:00: (1.70) Chelsea (3.70) Everton (5.10)***odds are subject to change***
