But the manner of their capitulation was extraordinary as the home side raced into a 3-0 lead within 15 minutes. Substitutes not used: King, Baardsen (gk).Referee: P Durkin (Portland, Dorset) Bookings: Newcastle: Griffin, Maric. Tottenham: Sinton, Taricco, Young, Campbell.Man of the match: Griffin.Attendance: 53,609.. JOHN TOSHACK, the Real Madrid coach, all but conceded defeat in the Spanish title race yesterday following his side's dismal 5-1 defeat to Celta Vigo. Celta's stroll past the Madrid giants, which featured a hat-trick from the veteran Bulgarian striker Lubo Penev, moved the Galician side up to second place, seven points behind the leaders Barcelona. Valencia slipped to third, a further point back, after they were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home to Extremadura. Shearer waited for the arguments to subside before drilling his penalty wide to the left of Walker.
With time running out on Spurs, Shearer took Silvio Maric's lay-off and dispatched a swerving 20-yard shot high into Walker's net.Although Newcastle and their legions of followers were exultant, it was difficult to argue with Graham's parting shot. "What was the referee watching?" the Spurs manager asked of Dabizas' escape. "If we'd scored then, we'd have won - trust me."Goals: Shearer (109, pen) 1-0; Shearer (118) 2-0.Newcastle United (4-4-2): Given; Griffin, Howey (Hughes, 35), Dabizas, Barton; Lee, Hamann, Speed, Solano (Ferguson, 76); Ketsbaia (Maric, 106), Shearer. Substitutes not used: Saha, Harper (gk).Tottenham Hotspur (4-4-2): Walker; Carr, Young, Campbell, Taricco; Anderton (Sinton, 51; Nielsen, 83), Sherwood, Freund, Ginola (Iversen, 76); Ferdinand, Armstrong. Ian Walker suddenly had to deny Ferguson (spectacularly), Griffin (twice) and Shearer.Three minutes into the second period, a one-two played between Ferguson and Gary Speed saw Campbell inexplicably copy Dabizas's indiscretion. With Ferguson beginning to expose Campbell's mortality and Luke Young's lack of height, and Shearer at last stirring, Newcastle began to pepper Spurs' goal with shots. The Argentinian seldom ventured forward, but for all Ginola's second-half vanishing act Spurs had two penalty appeals in the space of eight minutes around the hour mark.There was no doubting the legitimacy of the first as Dabizas clearly and deliberately handled.
The second, which followed a stern challenge by Nolberto Solano on Steven Carr, was rightly turned down, yet Spurs had reason to feel they were on the verge of a breakthrough.Ferguson's appearance disabused them of such notions. The towering Scot was playing only his sixth game of an injury-ravaged sojourn on Tyneside, and his initial contribution betrayed a certain rustiness.Extra-time was a different matter altogether. Ginola was as ineffectual as he was against Leicester at Wembley last month and was eventually substituted.Yet for much of the afternoon, Spurs were the more adventurous of the two teams. The stereotypes insist that Graham is obsessed with keeping clean sheets and Gullit an advocate of "sexy football", but it was Spurs who made the running before extra-time.They might well have scored inside the first 90 seconds. Darren Anderton let fly from fully 35 yards out on the right, forcing goalkeeper Shay Given to tip the ball over at full stretch. Chris Armstrong came close to converting the ensuing corner, and Campbell also missed from close range after another flag-kick created confusion in the Newcastle six-yard area.Newcastle's unease may have been the result of the hype about the havoc Ginola might wreak. Gullit had addressed the problem by restoring Rob Lee for only his fourth start since Boxing Day, and deputing the former captain to double up with Andrew Griffin against the Frenchman.
