Tottenham Hotspurs are in the midst of a poor performance in EPL, while in Carling Cup, they were, surprisingly, playing well. The Spurs defeated Newcastle 2-1 away from home in a League Cup fixture yesterday to squeeze into the last 16. Impulsive signing Roman Pavlyuchenko headed in his first ever for Tottenham in the 62nd minute, whil Jamie O'Hara made it 2-0 after a costly error by a Newcastle defender. Michael Owen put one in for the home team in extra time.