Harry Kane has scored his first Premier League goal of the season, as Tottenham Hotspur overcame Newcastle United 3-2 at St James' Park to prolong the hosts' winless run in a match briefly halted, after a fan collapsed in the crowd.
Spurred on by a buoyant atmosphere in their first game since being taken over by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium, Newcastle flew out of the traps and went ahead after just 108 seconds, when Callum Wilson headed in from a Javi Manquillo cross.
But the bright start soon fizzled out, as Spurs hit back in the 17th minute through Tanguy Ndombele, who lashed home from the edge of the box, after being played in by Sergio Reguilon.
Things got worse for the hosts five minutes later, when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg played an excellent ball over the Newcastle defence and Kane beat the offside trap to smartly dink it over Karl Darlow.
"We got beaten by the better team after a wonderful start," says manager Steve Bruce. "Defensively, we had the same problems we've had for a while - we got our noses in front, but did not defend well as a team."
Spurs coach Nuno Espirito Santo says: "We knew what was coming, with everything going on around Newcastle... in the end, it was a positive performance.
"We stayed in the game, we kept it steady. The moment we started moving it around, we started causing them problems."
Newcastle says the supporter's condition was stabilised, before leaving for hospital.
Son Heung-min added a third from close range in first-half stoppage time, before Newcastle were reduced to 10 men in the 83rd minute, when Jonjo Shelvey saw red for a second booking.
An own-goal from Eric Dier set up a tense finish, but Spurs held on.
"We needed to score next [in the second half] to give ourselves a chance, but we never had any sustained pressure over them - but we still stuck and stayed with them," adds Bruce, managing his 1000th top-flight game.
Spurs moved up to fifth in the standings with 15 points from eight games. Newcastle are second from the bottom with three points.
Hammers battle to 1-0 win at Everton
Angelo Ogbonna's late header has earned West Ham United a 1-0 win at Everton, lifting them to sixth in the Premier League table.
The visitors struggled to create clearcut chances at Goodison Park, with Everton aiming to move into the top four with a draw on Merseyside, but Ogbonna's goal secured a vital three points for West Ham manager David Moyes against his former club.
"It was a good performance and this is a difficult place to come, as I know," Moyes says. "The goal was one that we needed, because we'd been knocking at the door in different ways, so we needed that to get over the line.
"I think, overall, we deserved it, because of the way we played - we played some really good stuff. We had a lot of the ball, but maybe in the final third, we could have been a bit cleaner."
Neither side carved out any real chances in a cagey opening 45 minutes, with Alex Iwobi's air shot going down as Everton's best opening, before England stopper Jordan Pickford kept out Jarrod Bowen at the other end.
The Blues did look to increase the tempo after the restart, with Iwobi's close-range effort bravely blocked by Ogbonna and Salomon Rondon flicking a header just wide of the post.
West Ham made them pay with 15 minutes left, when Ogbonna got above Ben Godfrey to nod home Bowen's whipped corner.
Rafa Benitez's side tried to rouse themselves in the final minutes, with substitute Anthony Gordon thrown on in search of an equaliser, but the visitors hung on to secure back-to-back Premier League wins at Everton.
"We played against a good team, they are big and strong and have quality and pace," Benitez says. "We were fine on the counterattack, but we were missing that final pass.
"We can talk about the corner - it wasn't a corner for me. You have to protect your keeper in the six-yard box and it's difficult to understand in England, because that is why you have the six-yard box - to ensure the keeper is more protected.
"Anyway, it was a corner, we conceded and after that, we have to be better on the ball.
"The reaction was there, but when you play against a very good team that is well organised, you have to be more precise and we were not."
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