Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas was left disappointed with defeat at Newcastle United.

He admitted the result was "hard to take" after his side worked so hard to drag themselves level within four minutes of Demba Ba's excellent opener.

The Portuguese said: "I think our first half was really good with the amount of chances we created, and in the second half we had the same consistency but Demba Ba made the most of that split second with an excellent goal.

"We came back into it playing good, attacking football and we got the momentum back at 1-1 and it's a shame we couldn't keep it. It is obviously hard to take but the manner of the performance eases our pain a little bit."