Alexander Isak gives Newcastle liftoff as Tottenham fall to first defeat of season

Alexander Isak celebrates with Jacob Murphy, who set up his winning goal. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Newcastle’s chief executive has likened the task of reconstructing the club to building a plane in midair and, after this, Eddie Howe will know precisely what Darren Eales meant.

There were moments when Tottenham proved so dominant here that Howe’s team did not merely seem to be running on one engine but with a wing close to falling off and the landing gear jammed.