Mon 04 April 2022, 15:00
Tottenham HotspurWe moved into the Premier League’s top four on Sunday afternoon with a scintillating 5-1 win over Newcastle United.
Despite falling behind on 39 minutes to a Fabian Schar free-kick, we responded almost immediately with Ben Davies heading home four minutes later – a goal which gave us the momentum to really take the game to the north east outfit.
Just three minutes after the break, we had turned the game on its head with Matt Doherty also heading in. Heung-Min Son soon made it 3-1 as he struck on 54 minutes before goals from Emerson Royal and Steven Bergwijn put the icing on the cake of a vital three points.
Here's a look at all the key numbers behind the game...
Highlights - Spurs 5-1 Newcastle United
Davies on target
4 – Ben Davies scored his first Premier League goal for over four years (2-0 versus Huddersfield, September, 2017) and his first goal for us in all competitions in over a year (3-1 versus Stoke City, December, 2020).
1 – It was his first ever home league goal for us.
2 – Both of Ben’s goals in N17 so far have been headers – also versus Aston Villa in FA Cup third round in January, 2017.
2 – Half of the Welshman’s four Premier League goals in our colours so far have come against Newcastle (2).
Influential Sonny
19 – Heung-Min Son has been involved in 20 Premier League goals so far this season (14 scored, six assisted) – only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has been involved in more (30).
14 – Son now has 14 league goals to his name this season – again, only Salah has scored more in the competition (19)
7 – Sonny now has seven assists for us in all competitions this season – the most of any of our players.
11 – Of his 14 Premier League goals this season, 11 have come at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – no player has scored more goals at home in the competition than him.
25 – It was the 25th time in his Spurs career that he has both scored and assisted in a single game for us.
On target
29 – We have scored the most Premier League goals so far in 2022 (29).
5 - It is the first time we have had five different goalscorers in the same game since our 7-1 win over Hull City in May, 2017 (Harry Kane x3, Dele, Victor Wanyama, Ben Davies and Toby Alderweireld).
1 – It is the first time in our Premier League history that three different defenders have scored for us in a single game.
2 – We have scored at least two goals in each of our last six games.
A day of firsts
1 – Emerson Royal scored his first goal for the Club.
1 – Matt Doherty scored his first goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
10 – It was Matt’s 10th Premier League goal of his career.
1 – Steven Bergwijn scored his first home league goal since striking against Aston Villa in May, 2021.
Creative Kane
19 – Harry Kane has played 19 key passes so far this season – only Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has produced more (20).
11 – Harry has now been involved in 11 goals in his last eight games (seven scored, four assisted).
8 – Against Newcastle, he has been involved in eight goals in his last five matches (five scored, three assisted).
5 – No player has registered more Premier League assists than Harry Kane or Dejan Kulusevski (both five) in 2022.
Hitting the Toon
9 – It was our first victory over Newcastle in N17 for nine years – we last defeated the Toon on our home turf in February, 2013.
10 – We have now lost just one of our last 10 league meetings with Newcastle (W7 D2).
5 – We have now won five of our last six games (L1).
24 – Only Liverpool (31) have picked up more points than us (24) in the Premier League this calendar year.
31 – We have scored in 31 of our last 33 games against Newcastle, firing in 60 goals in the process.
Other numbers
200 – In picking up three points against Newcastle, Antonio Conte has now won 202 points as a manager in the Premier League. Reaching the 200-point mark in his 96th match, he is the third fastest manager to reach the milestone in the history of the competition (Jose Mourinho – 82 and Pep Guardiola – 85).
7 – We moved into the Premier League’s top four for the first time in seven months.
