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North Londoners were in search of a first win in five

Cristian Romero was the Tottenham hero as he returned from suspension with two goals to salvage a 2-2 draw for his side against Newcastle. Bruno Guimaraes’ opening goal and Anthony Gordon’s penalty should have been enough to claim all three points for Eddie Howe’s side, a result which would have seen them leapfrog their opponents into the top half of the Premier League table. Thomas Frank had been at odds with his own fanbase in the week after Spurs fans had booed Guglielmo Vicario, their goalkeeper, and another poor performance - despite the late drama - will not go down well with the travelling support.

The north Londoners were second best at St James’ Park throughout, and they should have been behind at the interval when Lewis Miley and Nick Woltemade both went close for the Magpies. Harvey Barnes and Lewis Hall were livewires down the left, with Barnes stinging Vicario’s palms in the second period. Lucas Bergvall went close with an improvised backflick that whizzed over the crossbar, but that was as close as Spurs would come until late on. Guimaraes, rested from the starting XI by Howe, was introduced to great effect at half-time, and he made an instant impact, placing a beauty into the corner from Nick Woltemade’s lay-off after Gordon, another second-period replacement, had skinned Pedro Porro. Spurs were level when the returning Cristian Romero stooped lowest, stealing in at the near post to direct a header beyond Aaron Ramsdale.

The visitors were not level for long, as VAR adjudged Rodrigo Bentancur to have manhandled Dan Burn in the box, and Anthony Gordon stroked home the resulting spot-kick. However, with five minutes of injury time played, it was Romero who produced the heroics once more, as he acrobatically shinned an effort into the corner from a melee in the home box. Cue scenes of elation in the heavens on Tyneside, but it is a result that still leaves Spurs without a win in five. Both sides remain marooned in the bottom half of the table, with Frank’s side 11th, and the Magpies 13th.