Spurs 1-2 Newcastle | Thomas Frank’s verdict | OneFootball

Thomas Frank felt the nature of Newcastle’s winner just four minutes after we’d made it 1-1 in the second half was ‘symbolic of our season’.

Leading 1-0 through Malick Thiaw’s goal at the end of the first half, we were starting to gain momentum in the second half when Archie Gray pounced from close range to steer home Pape Matar Sarr’s header from Xavi Simons’ corner on 64 minutes.

Tails up, we were in a great position to counter after clearing Newcastle’s free-kick four minutes later, but as white shirts sprinted forward, the pass was intercepted and Newcastle countered back, Anthony Gordon rolled into Jacob Ramsey, who swept home first time. It stayed 2-1 to the Toon on another tough night for us in N17.

Speaking to us afterwards, Thomas said: “The players gave everything out there tonight. Again, difficult circumstances. First half, Newcastle were more on top, then we came great back into it in the second half and equalised.

“After that, I think it's a bit symbolic for our season that we have a counter-attack situation and then we missed the half-opportunity there, it goes the other way, we defend badly and concede for 2-1. You can't concede that goal in that situation. The way we conceded that goal… of course, it is frustrating.

“You can see the team we missed tonight with, I think, 10 injuries and suspension to Romero - it's a pretty strong team if you put that up, but injuries happen, no matter if we have more out than we want, it's my job to find solutions. Myself and the coaching staff are working very hard on that.”