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tottenham captain Christian Romero Saved a point with a stoppage-time overhead kick and equalized at 2–2. newcastle In St. James’s Park.
The hosts displayed a controlled performance in the first half and took advantage of the better chances before eventually breaking the deadlock with a goal from Bruno Guimaraes in the 71st minute.
Although Romero replied after only seven minutes, Newcastle retreated when referee Tom Bramall was called on the monitor and awarded a penalty. Anthony Gordon Reached home in the 86th minute.
Romero came to Tottenham’s rescue in the fifth minute of extra time in a dramatic end to the game.
In the early stages of the game, harvey barnes A cross into the box was nodded in and Newcastle were on the hunt again when Lewis Hall fired an effort past the post.
The hosts continued to apply pressure with a header from Nick Voltemed and threatened again when Barnes beat Pedro Porro on the left and his ball passed to Lewis Miley, who fired a shot past the Tottenham defence.
The teenage midfielder had another promising opportunity, but his first-time effort was easily caught by Guglielmo Vicario.
Newcastle remained in control, continuing to cause problems around the Tottenham box and Joelinton had a great chance to break the deadlock in the 35th minute when his low strike hit the far post.
Spurs had their biggest chance when Mohamed Qudus’s pass was backheeled onto the crossbar and into the roof of the net by Lucas Bergvall.
Guimaraes came on at half-time and Newcastle scored in just over half a minute when Barnes’ strike was saved by Vicario and Voldemort’s header was cleared off the line by Kevin Denso from the rebound.
Murphy’s cross was sent to Hall at the back post, where Porro cleared from behind and Spurs safely navigated back-to-back Newcastle corners, including a brilliant punch from Vicario to clear Guimaraes’s inswinging delivery.
Spurs began to see more of the ball, but struggled to test the home defense and the Magpies soon came on the charge, with Guimaraes playing a brilliant cross-field pass. jacob murphy Who had stopped his shot.
Vicario produced a solid punch to clear a Newcastle corner and Tino Livramiento’s powerful effort from the rebound was cleared by Brennan Johnson.
The hosts finally got the breakthrough in the 71st minute when Gordon’s cross found its way to Guimaraes, who fired a superb finish into the bottom corner.
After a triple substitution with Mathis Tell, Richarlison and Xavi Simmons, Spurs suddenly equalized seven minutes later when Kudus’ cross met the head of a diving Romero and headed home.
There was chaos in the final 10 minutes, Newcastle were awarded a penalty when Rodrigo Bentancur tussled with Dan Byrne at the back post from a corner and Gordon made no mistake from the spot to put Newcastle ahead again in the 86th minute.
However, there was more drama to follow when Aaron Ramsdale’s punch from a Spurs corner found its way to Romero and the captain’s acrobatic overhead effort bounced through the box and into the bottom corner at the death.