by Michael McCann, at White Hart Lane

Newcastle claimed a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Tottenham Hotspur primarily due to the impact of half-time substitutes Sammy Ameobi and Remy Cabella.

Ameobi equalised just seven seconds into the second half to cancel out Emmanuel Adebayor’s header. Newcastle then repeated their win here last year when when Cabella’s cross assisted a match-winning Perez header.

This makes it two successive wins for the Toon, who claim their first league away win in 10 attempts to climb out of the relegation zone, a testament to Alan Pardew’s brave half-time double substitution.

The game turned through Ameobi’s equaliser, after an incisive through-ball from Jack Colback played him down the inside left channel.

Newcastle completed a superb comeback when a precise cross from Cabellla from the left assisted Ayoze Perez, whose unchallenged leap sealed the points.

Thereafter Cabella could only find the side-netting after a marauding run, while Tottenham put on the cavalry in Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane but poor service left them with little opportunity to impress.

However, Spurs probably deserved a draw based on their impressive first-half display.

Tottenham had deservedly opened the scoring after dominating possession and territory early on. Christian Eriksen and Ryan Mason both fired wide and Spurs appeared unfortunate to have an early penalty appeal rejected for a hand-ball on Daryl Janmaat. Newcastle wasted their only chance when Colback shot wide after Hugo Lloris flapped at a cross.

The goal came when a flowing move saw Nacer Chadli and Eriksen have shots blocked. However the ball fell to Mason, who showed composure to produce a clipped cross to Emmanuel Adebayor, whose header broke the deadlock.

This occurred just as Newcastle fans were completing two minutes’ applause for two fans killed in the Ukrainian air crash and Jonas Gutierrez, who is undergoing treatment for cancer.

This was respectfully observed, as was Spurs’ fitting tribute to mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of legendary manager Bill Nicholson.

However Spurs’ current performances are not providing a fitting tribute — Tottenham have won just one of seven league matches, losing three of four at home.