Tottenham Hotspur’s 2025/26 Carabao Cup campaign comes to an end after they suffered a 2-0 loss to Newcastle in the fourth round.

Newcastle away has always been a tough fixture for Spurs regardless of who’s been in charge, but this was still a fairly decent performance, let down by poor finishing and two sloppy, avoidable goals.

Thomas Frank rested most of his big names and was forced into a few makeshift decisions, including a centre-back pairing of Joao Palhinha and Kevin Danso. At the same time, Antonin Kinsky was handed just his second start of the season.

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Newcastle started brightly, with Kinsky forced into an early save to deny Malick Thiaw’s header from Sandro Tonali’s free-kick. Dan Burn then picked out Jacob Ramsey inside the box, but Pedro Porro got across quickly to block the shot.

Spurs had their first real moment when Richarlison’s effort was blocked by Thiaw after the Brazilian was played through by Pape Matar Sarr.

Newcastle should’ve made it 1-0 shortly after, though, when a slick move between Anthony Elanga, Tonali and Nick Woltemade ended with Harvey Barnes dragging his shot wide into the side netting.

After Palhinha sent Tonali’s cross behind for a corner, things got worse for...