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James Maddison has admitted that Newcastle United took Tottenham Hotspur by ‘surprise’ at St James’ Park yesterday. Eddie Howe’s side picked up an emphatic 4-0 win over Tottenham to move up to 6th in the Premier League. In what was a significant dent in Spurs’ top-four hopes, the defeat leaves them 5th ahead of Aston Villa’s trip to Arsenal on Sunday. Tottenham enjoyed a fairly bright start to the game as Timo Werner had two opportunities to hand Ange Postecoglou’s side the lead. But it was one-way traffic thereafter and two quickfire goals from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon handed the Mag…

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