Tottenham Hotspur had their Carabao Cup dream ended by Newcastle United in a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday night.

Goals from Fabian Schar and Nick Woltemade helped the Magpies get past Spurs in the Carabao Cup fourth round at St James’ Park. Lucas Bergvall was the shining light in the defeat, but Xavi Simons struggled to find rhythm once again. Tottenham did have chances to score, but Newcastle United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale made some key saves in each half to keep his clean sheet intact.

Thomas Frank had already told in his pre-match presser that he’d make changes to his starting XI for this cup fixture. In all honesty, he was forced to make alterations due to the growing injury list. Tottenham had 11 outfield players unavailable in midweek, which is the same situation they found themselves in last season.

Archie Gray suffered a calf problem last week and has subsequently been ruled out for weeks now. The likes of Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke have been progressing well to reach full fitness after their recent problems, but Tottenham fans eyebrows were raised when they missed a couple of names in the squad to face Newcastle.

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