Newcastle vs. Tottenham (4-1)
Newcastle seems to have avoided relegation this time with more class. Kevin Keegan and the Newcastle players were getting a lot of pressure as Newcastle rested in the relegation zone with the season ending. Despite this, Keegan repeatedly stated that he was confident in Newcastle’s ability to recover from the string of losses they endured. He also said the players spirits were still high and he believed in his strikers abilities to deliver goals. His optimism was well founded because Newcastle beat Fulham and now Tottenham. Despite being a goal down Newcastle rallied and scored 4 goals in the 2nd half: Nicky Butt (45), Geremi (52), Michael Owen (65), Obafemi Martins (83) all scored. This win brought Newcastle into a much more comfortable 12th place with 35 points.
Keegan set his sight even higher stating, “We’re definitely not safe yet but we can look up not down. We could catch Spurs up and we could catch up West Ham. People would have said that was ridiculous a few weeks ago.Newcastle is now 9 points above the relegation zone and would need 9 points to get into the top half of the table. We have three home games and three away left and playing like this, I think the players will look forward to playing anybody.”