Ben Arfa Breaks Ashley's Heart!

Last updated : 10 February 2014 By Footy Mad - Editor

 

August 2012/13 NEWCASTLE 2 SPURS 1

NEWCASTLE

1. Tim Krul   
5. Danny Simpson   
27. Steven Taylor   
14. James Perch   
3. Davide Santon   
10. Hatem Ben Arfa   
24. Cheick Tiote   
4. Yohan Cabaye  71' 
18. Jonas Gutierrez   
9. Papiss Cisse   
19. Demba Ba  85' 
 
Subs
37. Steve Harper   
6. Mike Williamson   
8. Vurnon Anita  71' 
15. Dan Gosling   
16. Ryan Taylor   
23. Shola Ameobi   
25. Gabriel Obertan  85'

TOTTENHAM

24. Brad Friedel   
28. Kyle Walker   
4. Younes Kaboul   
13. William Gallas   
32. Benoit Assou-Ekotto   
29. Jake Livermore   
30. Sandro  85' 
7. Aaron Lennon   
22. Gylfi Sigurdsson  68' 
11. Gareth Bale   
18. Jermain Defoe   
 
Subs
23. Carlo Cudicini   
5. Jan Vertonghen   
10. Rafael van der Vaart  68' 
16. Kyle Naughton   
21. Jermaine Jenas   
31. Andros Townsend   
37. Harry Kane  85'

 

Hatem Ben Arfa stroked home a late winner from the penalty spot as Alan Pardew's Newcastle rode their luck to get their new Barclays Premier League campaign off to a flying start with victory over Tottenham.

The Frenchman sent Brad Friedel the wrong way in the 80th minute having been hauled down by Rafael van der Vaart, restoring the Magpies' slender advantage after Spurs had pulled back to level four minutes earlier.

A low-key encounter had sprung into life in the 55th minute when Demba Ba fired his first goal since February to put the home side ahead before Jermain Defoe prodded a 76th minute equaliser at the second attempt.

The late drama proved too much for Pardew, who was sent to the stands by referee Martin Atkinson for a furious response to a touchline incident shortly before Andre Villas-Boas' men had snatched their leveller.

The visitors had looked sharper in the first period and were desperately unlucky not to take some kind of lead into the half-time break after both Defoe and Gareth Bale clattered shots against the woodwork.

Defoe was sent through by a neat ball from Jake Livermore in the 33rd minute but fired against the base of Tim Krul's right-hand post, and three minutes later Bale headed powerfully against the bar from an Aaron Lennon cross.

While Pardew started with his new signings Vurnon Anita and Romain Amalfitano on the bench, Villas-Boas gave Gylfi Sigurdsson his debut and the ex-Swansea man was at the heart of most of the visitors' attacking moves.

The Icelander was a little unfortunate to be flagged offside in the eighth minute as Spurs started well, the striker getting on the end of Livermore's first ball into the box where he was thwarted by a brave challenge from Krul.

Steven Taylor swirled Newcastle's first chance high and wide from a left-wing set-piece, then the Magpies almost took a freak lead in the 22nd minute when Ba hit a weak, bobbling shot that took a touch off Papiss Cisse and almost deceived Brad Friedel.

Krul tipped a Sigurdsson free-kick round the post and Taylor had to be alert to head away the same player's resulting corner before Tottenham's best period saw them twice come agonisingly close to breaking the deadlock.

In the last action of the first half, the largely anonymous Cisse headed over, but Spurs were again on top early in the second, Magpies defender James Perch making a superb interception to stop Defoe latching onto Lennon's cross in front of goal.

But the home side snatched the lead against the run of play in the 55th minute when Danny Simpson's high ball into the box was only half headed clear by Kyle Walker, and Ba responded with a delicious curling shot high into the net from the corner of the box.

Spurs seemed a little clueless in response, Benoit Assou-Ekotto drilling a long-range effort which was parried by Krul, but the swing in momentum did not placate Pardew, who was sent to the stands on the hour for over-protesting a touchline incident.

Newcastle made their first change in the 70th minute, new boy Anita replacing Yohan Cabaye, but Spurs were almost level within a minute, Defoe bursting through the static rearguard and hitting a low shot which was well parried by Krul.

Spurs grabbed their deserved equaliser in the 76th minute when Lennon crossed into a crowded box and Defoe wriggled free to fire past Krul at the second attempt after his initial header had been parried by the keeper.

But the point only lasted four minutes before Van der Vaart was rightly penalised for tripping Ben Arfa in the left side of the box, and the Frenchman picked himself up to send Friedel the wrong way from the spot.

Jonas Gutierrez almost extended Newcastle's lead with an ambitious looping effort which Friedel tipped over the bar, while Spurs' increasingly desperate final forward forays lacked the sharpness to trouble Krul.

MAGPIES v SPURS

2013/2014 Sun 10 Nov Tottenham H. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
2012/2013 Sat 09 Feb Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Sat 18 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Tottenham H. Premier League  
2011/2012 Sat 11 Feb Tottenham H. 5 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Sun 16 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. Premier League  
2010/2011 Sat 22 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. Premier League  
 Tue 28 Dec Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
2008/2009 Sun 19 Apr Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Sun 21 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Tottenham H. Premier League  
 Wed 24 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Tottenham H. League Cup  
2007/2008 Sun 30 Mar Tottenham H. 1 - 4 Newcastle Utd. Premier League  
 Mon 22 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. Premier League  
2006/2007 Sun 14 Jan Tottenham H. 2 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sat 23 Dec Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
2005/2006 Sat 01 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Sat 31 Dec Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
2004/2005 Sun 10 Apr Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sun 13 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. F.A. Cup  
 Sat 21 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
2003/2004 Sun 14 Mar Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sat 13 Dec Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Tottenham H. Premiership  
2002/2003 Wed 29 Jan Tottenham H. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sun 29 Dec Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
2001/2002 Wed 30 Jan Tottenham H. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sun 21 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Tottenham H. Premiership  
2000/2001 Tue 02 Jan Tottenham H. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sat 26 Aug Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. Premiership  
1999/2000 Wed 22 Dec Newcastle Utd. 6 - 1 Tottenham H. F.A. Cup  
 Sun 12 Dec Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
 Sun 28 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Mon 09 Aug Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
1998/1999 Sun 11 Apr Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. F.A. Cup  
after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0; played at Old Trafford
 Mon 05 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Sat 24 Oct Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
1997/1998 Sat 25 Apr Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sat 04 Oct Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. Premiership  
1996/1997 Sat 28 Dec Newcastle Utd. 7 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Sat 07 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
1995/1996 Sun 05 May Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Sun 29 Oct Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
1994/1995 Wed 03 May Newcastle Utd. 3 - 3 Tottenham H. Premiership  
 Sat 03 Dec Tottenham H. 4 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
1993/1994 Sat 04 Dec Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Premiership  
 Sat 14 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. Premiership  
1988/1989 Sat 31 Dec Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 03 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
1987/1988 Sat 23 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Wed 19 Aug Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1986/1987 Wed 25 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 21 Feb Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. F.A. Cup  
 Mon 25 Aug Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1985/1986 Sat 22 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 07 Sep Tottenham H. 5 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1984/1985 Mon 06 May Newcastle Utd. 2 - 3 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 08 Dec Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1976/1977 Sat 26 Feb Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Wed 25 Aug Tottenham H. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1975/1976 Sat 24 Apr Tottenham H. 0 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 04 Oct Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
1974/1975 Sat 11 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 5 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 07 Dec Tottenham H. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1973/1974 Sat 11 May Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 27 Oct Tottenham H. 0 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1972/1973 Sat 28 Apr Tottenham H. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Wed 30 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1971/1972 Sat 22 Jan Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Wed 18 Aug Tottenham H. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1970/1971 Sat 20 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 21 Nov Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1969/1970 Sat 28 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 18 Oct Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1968/1969 Wed 02 Apr Tottenham H. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 28 Sep Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
1967/1968 Sat 27 Apr Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 02 Dec Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1966/1967 Sat 31 Dec Tottenham H. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 27 Aug Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
1965/1966 Sat 15 Jan Tottenham H. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 23 Oct Newcastle Utd. 0 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
1960/1961 Wed 22 Mar Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 29 Oct Newcastle Utd. 3 - 4 Tottenham H. First Division  
1959/1960 Sat 19 Dec Tottenham H. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 22 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 5 Tottenham H. First Division  
1958/1959 Sat 17 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 06 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1957/1958 Sat 28 Dec Tottenham H. 3 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 31 Aug Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1956/1957 Sat 23 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 10 Nov Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1955/1956 Sat 04 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 24 Sep Tottenham H. 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1954/1955 Sat 30 Apr Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 16 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 4 Tottenham H. First Division  
1953/1954 Sat 06 Feb Tottenham H. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 19 Sep Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Tottenham H. First Division  
1952/1953 Sat 03 Jan Tottenham H. 3 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 30 Aug Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1951/1952 Sat 29 Dec Tottenham H. 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 01 Sep Newcastle Utd. 7 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
1950/1951 Sat 07 Apr Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 18 Nov Tottenham H. 7 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1947/1948 Sat 24 Apr Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 Sat 06 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. Second Division  
1946/1947 Sat 18 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. Second Division  
 Sat 14 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1938/1939 Wed 01 Mar Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. Second Division  
 Sat 17 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1937/1938 Wed 02 Feb Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. Second Division  
 Sat 11 Sep Tottenham H. 2 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1936/1937 Sat 09 Jan Tottenham H. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
 Sat 12 Sep Newcastle Utd. 0 - 1 Tottenham H. Second Division  
1935/1936 Sat 04 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 4 Tottenham H. Second Division  
 Sat 07 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. Second Division  
1933/1934 Sat 24 Mar Newcastle Utd. 1 - 3 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 11 Nov Tottenham H. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1927/1928 Sat 07 Jan Tottenham H. 5 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 03 Sep Newcastle Utd. 4 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1926/1927 Sat 16 Apr Newcastle Utd. 3 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 27 Nov Tottenham H. 1 - 3 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1925/1926 Thu 25 Mar Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 14 Nov Newcastle Utd. 3 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1924/1925 Sat 11 Apr Tottenham H. 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 06 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1923/1924 Sat 26 Jan Newcastle Utd. 2 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 19 Jan Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1922/1923 Sat 25 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 18 Nov Tottenham H. 0 - 1 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1921/1922 Sat 12 Nov Newcastle Utd. 0 - 2 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 05 Nov Tottenham H. 4 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1920/1921 Mon 27 Dec Tottenham H. 2 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 25 Dec Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
1914/1915 Fri 02 Apr Tottenham H. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 03 Oct Newcastle Utd. 4 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
1913/1914 Sat 21 Mar Tottenham H. 0 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 15 Nov Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
1912/1913 Sat 29 Mar Newcastle Utd. 3 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 23 Nov Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1911/1912 Sat 30 Mar Newcastle Utd. 2 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 25 Nov Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1910/1911 Sat 21 Jan Newcastle Utd. 1 - 1 Tottenham H. First Division  
 Sat 17 Sep Tottenham H. 1 - 2 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
1909/1910 Sat 19 Mar Tottenham H. 0 - 4 Newcastle Utd. First Division  
 Sat 06 Nov Newcastle Utd. 1 - 0 Tottenham H. First Division