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5 mins Corner. Nice play from Chadli on the ledt to win it. Erikson floats it in it eventually fall to Kaboul on the other side and he lamps it out for a goal kick.
4 mins Some nice composed passing here. Capoue to Colback then ErIksen on the left who is disposessed by Taylor.
2 mins Sissokho is playing high, with Newcastle perhaps ok to let Spurs have possession so they can hit back on the counter.
1min A good spell from Spurs Moving things around in the middle. Long ball to Rose on the left who appeals for handball in the D. No dice.
13.30 Peeep. Off we go. Huge game for both sides.
13.28 Spurs are honouring the great Bill Nicholson who died 10 years ago this week. A minutes applause for Bill Nic. He played for Newcaslte during WW2 as a deaf player too. The Newcaslte fans are also clapping.
13.25 The players emerge from the tunnel. The Toon Army are in good voice.
13.23 Six minutes and counting until kick-off.
13.21 Pochettino has spoken about Kane: "It's always difficult to leave good players out but this is a different competition (from he Europa League). I pick the best team to win the game."
13.02 All eyes will be on cheeky Erik Lamela after that ridiculous 'rabona' goal he scored in the week. He reckons it was his best-ever strike...
"The goal was important for me but also because I needed to score, any type of goal," Lamela said. "I’m happy for the goal and the win. I hope to continue in this way but it’s just one game for me. I need to think about doing other things well and continuing to improve." Read the rest here...
I love the rabona and all but if you could just score 10 simple tap-ins, I promise to love u more. #thfcvnufc #THFC #golamela #weneedawin
— Kelvin Leong (@Kelvinleong29) October 26, 2014
12.59 The great blokes at Opta have furnihed us with a few stats.
1. Striker Roberto Soldado has assisted as many Premier League goals as he has scored (6).
2. Tottenham have conceded nine Premier League penalties in 2014, more than any other team.
3. Papiss Demba Cissé has scored four goals and assisted one more in four Premier League appearances in 2014-15.
4. Tottenham have scored at least once in 18 of their last 19 Premier League games against Newcastle.
12.53 After last week's drama with the scoreboard and the constant pressure on manager Alan Pardew Newcastle could do with focusing everyone's attention on the pitch.
12.50 What does Harry Kane have to do to start a game?
Think it's disgusting that Kane is on the bench #THFCvNUFC
— Jordan Ingram (@JordanIng) October 26, 2014
Kane scored a hat-trick in the 5-1 Europa League win over Greek side Asteras Tripolis on Thursday night and ended up in goal following the dismissal of Hugo Lloris.
He was named on the bench by Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino with Nacer Chadli being brought in as one of five changes from midweek. There are some big-money players also waiting in the wings. Pochettino is sticking with Ryan Mason who has done well so far this season.
Pardew is keeping faith with last week's back five. Yoan Gouffran is on the left and Ayoze Perez makes his first start for NUFC. Pressure is on him to score in place of injured Papiss Cisse who failed a fitness test for taoday's game. Ryan Taylor is back on the bench. Two cruciates back to back and a broken leg. Good to see him back.
12.49 Spurs had the better of Newcastle two seasons ago too...
12.48 Newcastle won their first game of the season last week. Spurs are the favourites today but let's look back to 1996 when the Toon were flying...
12.35 Hello and welcome. Here are the teams for today's match. Harry Kane is missing from the starting XI.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Dier, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose, Capoue, Mason, Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli, Adebayor. Subs: Chiriches, Lennon, Soldado, Vorm, Kane, Dembele, Davies.
Newcastle United: Krul, Janmaat, Steven Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Anita, Obertan, Sissoko, Gouffran, Perez. Subs: Ryan Taylor, Ferreyra, Haidara, Cabella, Elliot, Ameobi, Armstrong.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
4-2-3-1 seems to be the order of the day...
A little preview for you written by Ian Winrow.
Mauricio Pochettino will demand his Tottenham Hotspur side forget about Erik Lamela's stunning Europa League goal and attempt to revive their Premier League campaign when Newcastle United visit White Hart Lane on Sunday.
Lamela's 'rabona' strike was quickly installed as a strong favourite to be goal of the season - but Pochettino showed no emotion as the ball hit the back of the net and indeed appeared more concerned by Spurs' defensive frailties as they secured a comfortable 5-1 win over Asteras Tripoli.
A hat-trick for young striker Harry Kane added to the feel-good factor at the north London club but Pochettino knows the upbeat mood created by Thursday's result will disappear if they don't beat strugglers Newcastle.
Spurs have won just one of their last six Premier League games, in a run stretching back to August, and their failure to build on a positive start to the season has left them in ninth position going into the latest round of matches.
Newcastle, who've won just once in the English top-flight this term, albeit last time out against Leicester are languishing in the bottom three but Tottenham captain Younes Kaboul warned his side nothing could be taken for granted against Alan Pardew's men.
"You have to take all the games at 100 percent and you always need to have a winning mentality," central defender Kaboul said.
"Newcastle are coming here having just got their heads above water with an important win last weekend and now they will feel confident ahead of facing us, but we have to win and take the three points."
Tottenham centre-back Federico Fazio will be missing after being sent off in last weekend's 4-1 defeat by Manchester City.
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris also collected a red card when he was dismissed against Asteras, prompting Pochettino to criticise his side's failure to close out the game without late drama and develop the good habits that will prove crucial at other stages in the campaign.
Lloris's suspension will be restricted to European competition but manager Pochettino said: "At 5-0, we need to manage the game better and not give the possibility to the opponent to arrive one against one with our goalkeeper. For that, I'm not satisfied."
Nabil Bentaleb and Kyle Naughton will be missing from the Spurs squad because of ankle injuries while Kyle Walker has yet to recover from a pelvic problem.
Tottenham provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Naughton, Rose, Davies, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Dier, Kaboul, Capoue, Stambouli, Paulinho, Dembele, Mason, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Lennon, Townsend, Chadli, Lamela, Soldado, Adebayor, Kane.
Newcastle had lost on four successive visits to White Hart Lane before last season's victory, a win inspired by a superb performance from their Dutch keeper Tim Krul.
But this weekend Newcastle manager Pardew must contend with several injury issues as he looks to guide the Magpies to back-to-back wins for the first time in almost eight months.
Papiss Cisse has joined the casualty list after failing to train all week due to a knee problem not believed to be linked with the broken kneecap suffered earlier this year by the Senegal forward.
"We're sweating a little bit on a few of them," Pardew said. "We've not got what you'd call a crisis, but there's one or two we're waiting for including Emmanuel Riviere, is he going to be available? Then there's Papiss and Cheick Tiote.
"I'm not going to be clear on any of them until tomorrow (Saturday)."
Defender Mike Williamson is also a doubt, and Rolando Aarons, the England youth midfielder, remains sidelined with a hamstring injury while Dutch international Siem de Jong and Italian full-back Davide Santon are longer-term absentees.
However, Ryan Taylor's return to the squad for the first time since late 2012, after the former Wigan utility man battled back from two career-threatening knee injuries, has provided a much-needed boost to Newcastle's bid to climb out of the relegation zone.
"It's an inspirational story and it's such a pleasure to put Ryan's name down on the travelling party." Pardew said.
Newcastle provisional squad: Krul, Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Haidara, R Taylor, Coloccini, Williamson, S Taylor, Tiote, Anita, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, Gouffran, Obertan, Ameobi, Riviere, Cisse, Perez, Armstrong.
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