NEWCASTLE -- Three quick points from Newcastle 0-2 Tottenham at St James' Park in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
1. Tottenham prevail, Newcastle's indiscipline
There was an air of high enthusiasm about Newcastle on Sunday. Thousands of Geordies in their barcode replica shirts giddily made their way up the hill from the city centre to St James' Park, thrilled that Premier League football was back. By mid-afternoon, that enthusiasm had waned: the problem with being among the elite is you have to play them every week.
Tottenham's 2-0 win over Rafa Benitez's team was aided by Jonjo Shelvey's ludicrous red card not long after half time, but this was still an illustration of what a desperately tough season this is going to be for Newcastle.