It was the sort of match that prompted more questions than answers. How has Joe Willock not yet received a senior England call-up? Where on earth would Tottenham be without Harry Kane? Will Cristian Stellini ever risk playing a back four again? And, perhaps most importantly, Newcastle surely cannot blow Champions League qualification now?
At the end of an astonishing drama with two goals apiece from Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak, Eddie Howe’s outstanding side rose to third in the Premier League, six points and two places ahead of a Spurs team facing a sizeable psychological repair job.