But they struggled to threaten Elliot’s goal from then on, after Newcastle upped their energy and belief in the second half.
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Pochettino has fielded the youngest side in the division this season but he does not believe that their age has anything to do with the loss to Newcastle.
“When we need to play one touch, we play with three touches”.
Spurs went into the match having avoided defeat in 14 Premier League games and they seemed to be heading for victory – and a place in the top four – after Eric Dier headed them into a first-half lead against a side with one of the worst away records in the top flight. “We want to be like this every, week which needs hard work, attitude, commitment and discipline”.
Newcastle goalkeeper Elliot was particularly impressive when Tottenham were in the ascendancy during the first half and he credited the club’s fans for their loyalty during a trying start to the campaign. He is more of a player who plays with his back to goal and brings other people in, so maybe he is spectacular individually with his runs without the ball.
“But at the end I can live with it. This could prove to be a very special moment for us in the season to strike back against such a team”.
Silky Arsenal eased to a comfortable 2-0 win at Aston Villa to soar to the Premier League summit and leave their hapless opponents rooted to the bottom while Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool dropped points on Sunday. “We asked them to win the game and that’s what they did”, he said.
However, Aleksandar Mitrovic levelled for the visitors and Ayoze Perez squeezed his shot in from a tight angle in the 93rd minute.
A long free kick was steered back in by Fabricio Coloccini into the path of Chancel Mbemba who forced a good save from Hugo Lloris but the Serbian striker beat Toby Alderweireld to the ball to tap home. “Its answered the critics we have had over the last four weeks and it was a great performance in the second half and a great result”, he said to BBC.
Pochettino takes Spurs back to his former club Southampton on Saturday before they entertain Norwich City on 26 December.
“The first person that is responsible for the defeat is me”.
Magpies keeper Rob Elliot frustrated Spurs with two fine saves to deny Erik Lamela before Eric Dier struck.
“We feel this is just an incident and in the last couple of years – that was a bit different”.
Their third straight win at White Hart Lane represented an achievement that Newcastle had not accomplished in 104 years. “We have been inconsistent”.
Steve McClaren admitted that he “couldn’t shut his players up” at half-time during Newcastle’s comeback win over Spurs.
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Newcastle had started to turn a corner by beating Liverpool last weekend and Klopp’s men needed a last-gasp intervention from Origi to avoid a second consecutive defeat against West Brom.
