Why Spurs are losing (and Newcastle are winning)

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Matthias Jaissle's Newcastle went into their game against Spurs with a clear game plan, and seemed to defeat De Zerbi's side comfortably. So Newcastle are good and Spurs are bad... Or is it really that simple?

Alex Barker is joined by Jon Mackenzie to dig into the differences between Jaissle and De Zerbi's approaches and to figure out if simplicity is better than complexity in the modern game.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Why Spurs are losing (and Newcastle are winning)
00:32 What was Newcastle's game plan?
01:55 How Newcastle's game plan played out
03:32 What was Tottenham's game plan?
05:00 How Tottenham's game plan played out
06:06 How Newcastle neutralised Spurs' plan
11:21 Did De Zerbi find solutions against Newcastle?
13:02 Is it worth it for De Zerbi to persist with his complex plan?

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Additional footage sourced from AP Newsroom