Newcastle United suffered a 5-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur - making it three defeats on the spin for Eddie Howe’s side.
Fabian Schar’s free-kick on 38 minutes handed the Magpies a shock lead but that was as good as it got in North London for the visitors.
Ben Davies levelled before half-time. And after a team talk from Antonio Conte, Spurs tore Newcastle to shreds in the second-half.
Matt Doherty, Son Heung-min, Emerson Royal and Steven Bergwijn inflicted a heavy scoreline on Howe’s men to make three losses in a row.
United, still nine points above the Premier League zone, return to St James’ Park on Friday to host Wolves needing a reaction.
Here, our writer Jordan Cronin dishes out his Newcastle player ratings from the defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
1. Martin Dubravka - 5
Could do nothing about Spurs’ five goals as the home side cut through the Slovakian’s teammates time and time again. | Getty Images Photo: Alex Burstow
2. Javier Manquillo - 4
Hauled off on 58 minutes as Spurs cut through United’s defence. Played a questionable part in Doherty’s goal too, as Manquillo lost track of the wing-back’s run at the backpost. | Getty Images
3. Fabian Schar - 4
Newcastle saw the good and bad side of Schar at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Scored the opened via a low free-kick but poorly gave the ball straight to Kulusevski in the build-up to Doherty’s goal. Photo: Mike Hewitt
4. Dan Burn - 4
Left criminally isolated. Spent most of his afternoon chasing white shirts he had no chance of catching. Probably never ran backwards that many times in his life. Photo: Stu Forster