Record signing Alexander Isak helped to blast Newcastle to within touching distance of Champions League football as they took top-four rivals Tottenham apart in a 6-1 rout at St James' Park.
The £60million Sweden international scored twice in an astonishing first-half blitz which saw Eddie Howe's men race into a 5-0 lead with just 21 minutes played to take his tally for an injury-interrupted season to 10.
Jacob Murphy also helped himself to a double either side of Joelinton's strike with substitute Callum Wilson adding a sixth in front of a delighted crowd of 52,252 to lift their club back into third place above Manchester United, who have a game in hand, on goal difference.
In the process, they dealt a potentially fatal blow to Tottenham's hopes of overhauling them with Harry Kane's 49th-minute effort providing scant consolation.
