Tottenham suffered a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle in the Premier League on Tuesday night and here are our Spurs player ratings. Thomas Frank had made three changes to his side with 10 players sidelined through injury and one through suspension in captain Cristian Romero who was absent for the first of four matches.

Newcastle, who had secured just two victories in their previous 15 away fixtures, were the superior side in the opening period and believed they had broken the deadlock, but VAR ruled it offside. There was a gaping space at the back for Joe Willock to latch onto Jacob Ramsey's pass and turn inside before drilling into the bottom right corner.

The tip of his forehead was marginally offside, though ,in an incredibly tight offside call. Malick Thiaw then did score in first-half stoppage time for Newcastle. Guglielmo Vicario parried out Thiaw's header but the Newcastle man glided past Pape Matar Sarr to stroke the ball home.

Tottenham pressed forward at last after the interval with Mathys Tel sending a couple of attempts over and Pape Matar Sarr having...