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CALLUM WILSON denied the Spurs a deserved victory with a controversial VAR penalty in injury time.
Newcastle’s new £ 20 million striker conceded from the spot with Toon’s only shot on goal after Eric Dier was harshly judged for handling Andy Carroll’s header.
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The Tottenham defender was in the air with his back turned to Toon sub Carroll, and was even suspected of being offside.
But referee Peter Bankes awarded the penalty after consulting with video officer Lee Mason at Stockley Park, and then checking the pitch monitor.
Spurs coach José Mourinho burst into the tunnel in disgust, goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, when conceding the penalty yelled ‘F ** k off’ and goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos was sent off after protesting to Bankes at the whistle final.
It was tough for Tottenham as they totally dominated this clash.
Mourinho knocked Dele Alli out again, but saw Giovani Lo Celso nearly open the scoring when his free kick in the third minute was spectacularly parried by the left hand of Toon goalkeeper Karl Darlow, who then reacted brilliantly to block. Harry Kane’s follow-up shot before the goal. the defense of visitors cleared.
Darlow again showed his mettle to thwart Kane’s close header from a deep cross by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg into the box as Spurs dominated the opening exchanges.
And while Lo Celso pulled all the strings, the sound of Mourinho yelling ‘Bravo Gio, bravo’ resounded throughout the empty stadium.
Mourinho cheered again in the 25th minute when Moura snuck up behind the unsuspecting Matt Ritchie at the far post to push Tottenham past Kane’s center.
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Son squandered a great opportunity to double the lead moments later when, through the goal, he tried to square Moura instead of shooting. And Kane had a curling shot deflected by Darlow.
Son then fired a shot against the post and then another against the bar. While in the middle, Dier struck the grass furiously after directing Son’s corner from four yards when he really should have scored.
Newcastle was barely able to get out of their half before the break, yet they nearly entered interval level after Jonjo Shelvey’s volley was just a hairline off target.
Mourinho replaced Son with Steven Bergwijn at half-time, but this did not loosen Tottenham’s grip on the game.
Darlow was soon called into action to avoid a header from Moura and a weak shot from Lo Celso.
Kane then fired a shot down the turning straight at Toon’s goalkeeper before another Lo Celso made the plug cross his line to stop.
But just like at the end of the first half, the Spurs almost gave away a draw when Ben Davies ‘punt hit his teammate Hojbjerg and sent the ball out of Lloris’ goal, before the late controversy.
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