Spurs begin season with entertaining win

Published at 07:37 pm August 11th, 2018

Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder Dele Alli (C) watches the ball into the net after scoring his team's second goal during the EPL football match between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park on Saturday AFP

The only surprise was that, after Alli's 18th-minute winner, there was no further score with both goalkeepers, Martin Dubravka and Hugo Lloris, forced to make a string of impressive saves.

Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli were on target as Tottenham Hotspur began their Premier League campaign with an entertaining 2-1 victory over Newcastle United on Saturday.

All three goals came in a frantic opening 20 minutes on Tyneside with Vertonghen and Alli heading goals for the north London team, who finished third last season, either side of Joselu's equaliser.

FULL TIME Newcastle 1-2 Spurs

Dele Alli's header seals three points for Spurs after a frantic 10 minutes of play which produced three goals#NEWTOT pic.twitter.com/08kXht37eo
— Premier League (@premierleague) August 11, 2018

The only surprise was that, after Alli's 18th-minute winner, there was no further score with both goalkeepers, Martin Dubravka and Hugo Lloris, forced to make a string of impressive saves.

Newcastle's Venezuelan forward Salomon Rondon nearly enjoyed a dream debut after coming off the substitutes bench but his late effort was deflected on to the crossbar after a desperate block from Vertonghen.