Martin Jol's Tottenham tenure looks in grave danger following his Spurs' 3-1 loss at Newcastle on Monday night.

Sam Allardyce's side may have hammered the final nail in the Dutch manager's coffin with a dominant display and deserved victory.

Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and soon after the break Brazilian centre-back Claudio Cacapa doubled the hosts' advantage.

Robbie Keane pulled a goal back for Spurs but Newcaslte were not to be denied and James Milner completed an impressive victory.

The Magpies stayed eighth despite the three points but they have a game in hand on most of the teams above them and remain in contention not only for a European place but also UEFA Champions League football next season.

Tottenham, though, are stuck in the relegation zone having won only one of their opening 10 games.

Martins broke the deadlock just before the break as he rifled home a pass from left-back Sanchez Jose Enrique.

Six minutes after the break and Cacapa scored his first goal for the club, since his summer move from French champions Lyon, heading home a corner from Turkish midfielder Emre.

Spurs did not have to wait long to get back into the match as captain Keane mopped up the loose ball after England striker Darren Bent's header crashed back off the bar on 57 minutes.

By now Spurs had reversed the trend of the first period and were dominating the ball. Jol also brought on Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov for French midfielder Steed Malbranque in a bid to snatch a share of the spoils.

But instead his team were punished when Newcastle substitute Milner drilled home a left footed shot from the edge of the area.

Tottenham enjoyed a lot of the ball in the closing stages but ultimately paid the price for some poor defending.