Tottenham fell to a damaging 2-0 defeat at home against Newcastle United after another sobering night in the Premier League.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side have now lost successive games in the competition and are already facing the heat at the start of the new season.
Tottenham started well, but after the 60th-minute mark, they conceded after a brilliant bit of work from Anthony Elanga and never really recovered.
And Nico Gonzalez, who provided the pass for that goal, reveals what Newcastle did differently after the interval to punish Tottenham.
Newcastle United pressed Tottenham higher
“It was amazing,” said Gonzalez via the BBC.
“I have been here for four days, so it wasn’t easy for me to start, but I am really happy with the work I have done and the team has done.
“The idea [in the second half] was the same but we made a few adjustments and were a little more aggressive on them.
“I think that this group has so much potential; we are really young and have so much space to improve and even today I felt like we kept on improving and feeling more comfortable and that is the way we need to keep going.”
Newcastle pressed Tottenham higher up the pitch and didn’t give them any time on the ball.
Elanga’s goal was a thing of beauty and Yoane Wissa’s strike from close range was terrible defending, so all in all, it was another terrible day at the office for the Lilywhites.
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