Tottenham Hotspur's shocking loss to Newcastle was so embarrassing, the club is reimbursing fans who went to the match

• Tottenham suffered an embarrassing loss to Newcastle in a Premier League game on Sunday.
• Newcastle scored five goals against Tottenham in just the first 21 minutes of the game.

Tottenham Hotspur lost so miserably to Newcastle United in Sunday's Premier League match that the club is reimbursing fans for their tickets to the game.

Newcastle scored five goals in the first 21 minutes of play at their home stadium, shocking Tottenham fans who expected an even match-up between the fourth- and fifth-place teams in the league's standings. Instead, the Spurs scored just one goal in the whole game, leaving St. James' Park with a 6-1 loss to Newcastle.

The five-goal differential marked Tottenham's worst Premier League loss since dropping a 5-0 decision to Liverpool in December 2013 and, a month prior, losing 6-0 on the road at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium. The Spurs also dropped a 7-2 decision to German powerhouse Bayern Munich during Champions' League play in 2019.

The club fired interim head coach Cristian Stellini in response to the humiliating showing. A day later, Tottenham's official Twitter account posted an apology to fans for the loss.

"As a squad, we understand your frustration, your anger," the account wrote on Twitter. "It wasn't good enough. We know words aren't good enough in situations like this, but believe us, a defeat like this hurts."

Then, for the fans who were unfortunate enough to watch the game in person, the club offered to give them their money back.

"We appreciate your support, home and away, and with this in mind, we would like to reimburse fans with the cost of their match tickets from St. James' Park," Tottenham wrote.

—Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 25, 2023

The account then said that the Spurs will "give everything to put things right" in their next match against Manchester United on Thursday.

Newcastle is now in third place in the Premier League's standings, while Tottenham remains in fifth.