'addictive' feeling of still the Burning heart

Carabao Cup crown. Howe made eight changes to his side with only Malick Thiaw, Dan Burn who captained the side and Woltemade retaining their places in the starting XI who beat Fulham 2-1 on Saturday.

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Fabian Schar scores Newcastle's first and, right, Aaron Ramsdale, who was in fine form, celebrates the goal

By contrast, Spurs went strong perhaps by necessity given they had 10 injuries to contend with - in what was a huge test of Newcastle's fringe men. It was a test they ultimately passed as a number of players rose to the challenge. Schar scored, Aaron Ramsdale was brilliant and others stood out too.

Howe has always wanted strong competition for places at Newcastle. Now he has it.

Jacob Murphy may not have played in the game but he set the tone with his pre-match comments in the matchday programme.