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Newcastle United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur ruined the takeover party for Newcastle United at St James’ Park after a superb 3-2 comeback win over the home side.

Harry Kane’s first league goal this season – along with strikes from Tanguy Ndombele and Son Heung-Min – ensured they were victorious despite Callum Wilson’s header and Eric Dier’s own goal.

The match was overshadowed by a medical emergency in the stands towards the end of the first half when a fan was taken ill.

The London club rise to fifth in the table following this result, while their hosts remain in the bottom three.

The heralding of a new dawn was also a personal landmark for Newcastle manager Steve Bruce, who took charge of his 1000th league game.

Both Wilson and Jamal Lascelles returned from injury to start for the Magpies, while Spurs named an unchanged starting line-up.

Wilson gave the hosts a dream start inside two minutes with a great header from a Javier Manquillo cross.

Spurs hit back in the 17th minute when Ndombele curled the ball into the corner.

Kane struck five minutes later to put the visitors in front, lifting the ball over Karl Darlow following a wonderful raking pass from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

Tottenham almost made it three before the break, with a Lucas Moura header crashing against the crossbar from a Son corner.

The game was stopped towards the end of the half due to a medical emergency in the stands, with the players and referee calling for a defibrillator and then making their way off the pitch.

When they returned, Son added a third after excellent work from Moura and Kane to give the London club a commanding lead at half-time.

Jonjo Shelvey compounded the home side’s misery after the interval with two yellow cards in five minutes – having entered the game on the hour mark – to leave Newcastle a man light for the final seven minutes.

A disastrous own goal from Dier gave Newcastle hope two minutes from time when he deflected a free-kick past Hugo Lloris.

But the visitors held on to secure all three points and give the new Toon owners a reminder of the enormity of the task ahead.

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